Sr Manufacturing Technician Shift A

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title:   Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Department:   Costa Rica

About Nevro

Nevro (NYSE: NVRO) is a global medical device company headquartered in Redwood City, California. We are focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 100,000 patients globally. 

Nevro's comprehensive HFX spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.  Senza, Senza II, Senza Omnia, and Senza HFX iQ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. HFX iQ, Nevro's latest innovation, is the first and only SCS System that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize and maintain pain relief using each patient's response1.Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud insights for enhanced patient and practice management. 

Nevro also recently added a minimally invasive treatment option for patients suffering from chronic sacroiliac joint ("SI joint") pain and now provides the most comprehensive portfolio of products in the SI joint fusion space, designed to meet the preferences of physicians and varying patient needs in order to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technician will use technical skills to maintain and to support the manufacturing line in both a cleanroom and non-cleanroom environment. The Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technician will take part in multiple tasks, such as preforming preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance to manufacturing equipment, operator qualifications via visual inspection, functional testing, and destructive testing. Perform and support a variety of process development and engineering activities, which focus on supporting the manufacturing lines. Will work directly with other production operators, manufacturing technicians and manufacturing engineers to complete duties described below.

Essential Job Functions

• Effectively work on multiple project tasks with minimal supervision for timely completion.
• Perform equipment installation and qualification on process equipment as well as Automated Test Equipment.
• Assist in process characterization and process validation testing.
• Support and trouble shoot Automated Test Equipment.
• Assist engineers with process design, development, and optimization.
• Perform root cause investigation and analysis.
• Prepare test samples (products/materials/solutions) for routine and operator qualification testing.
• Assist in the transfer of product from contract manufacturers to internal manufacturing site.
• Fabrication of fixtures and tooling for product builds and testing (i.e. mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, hydraulic, etc.).
• Preventive maintenance and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment.
• Production Equipment Spare Parts management and procurement.
• Create and maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, drawings, test methods, processes, trouble shooting guides.
• Draft Manufacturing Process Instructions.
• Train other technicians, operators and engineers on procedures and product assembly
• Ensure compliance of the organization's management systems to guarantee effectiveness and adherence to established policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Role Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a manufacturing technician (or relevant experience) in the medical device industry.
• Must be able to work overtime as needed to meet business needs.
• Fluent in English language.
• Basic knowledge of electronics and electronics assemblies, preferred.
• Background in Laser Welding preferred.
• Basic knowledge of machine shop tools, drill press, grinders, is preferred.
• Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and laboratory practices.
• Medical devices experience is preferred.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Experience using sketches, CAD, etc. to supports the design and build of simple fixtures
• Proficient with MS Office
• Comfortable working in a clean room environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all cross-functional team members.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements.
• Employee may be required to lift objects up to 25lbs.

Team Member's Signature:  ______________________      Date:  _________________

Manager's Signature:  ___________________________      Date:  _________________

1Senza HFX iQ uses a fixed set of instructions to provide optimized treatment recommendations that utilize direct patient input from assessments on pain and quality of life measures.