Automation Engineer

12 month contract opportunity for Cork based Automation Engineer with a Medical Device Manufacturer. You will contribute to a New Product Development (NPD) initiative, focusing on process development within a medical device environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop robust (high capability) high yielding processes.
• Optimize process equipment and technology performance to enable transfer of efficient and repeatable processes to manufacturing.
• Develop automated inspection systems through vendors for use in process and qualify processes.
• Work closely with R&D engineering to develop new medical device designs and transfer validated designs to manufacturing.
• Vendor engagement for equipment design and builds. Supporting these from concept to implementation onsite.
• Equipment design and improvements to existing to update processes to facilitate NPI's and improve inspection methods.
• Implement documentation, preliminary and manufacturing.
• Write and carry out validations / qualifications.
• Implement continued quality improvement.
• Liaise with other relevant functions with regard to ongoing development of current processes and future development needs.
• Will be responsible for commissioning varying new manufacturing technology, ramping up production, undertaking validations, continuous process improvement and identifying potential development opportunities for medical device technology.
• Evaluates in conjunction with EHS new equipment/processes/chemicals for environmental impact/effect to eliminate or lessen such impacts/effects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Level 8 degree in relevant Engineering or Science discipline (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electronic, Production etc).
• 5+ years relevant experience on automated equipment in a regulated industry
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good leadership abilities.
• Excellent mentoring skills
• Experience in any of the following is desired.
• Automation
• Automated inspections
• New technology identification and development