Manufacturing Engineer / Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Freudenberg Medical is a trusted Contract Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) partner, delivering high-quality solutions from ideation and market launch to volume production for medical device and pharmaceutical companies. With proven expertise in materials and technologies, Freudenberg Medical offers an extensive range of vertically integrated capabilities: precision molding and extrusions, complex catheters, hypotubes, and coatings.

Some of your Benefits Company Pension: Save for retirement with the company's help.

Health Insurance: Rely on comprehensive services whenever you need it.

Flexible Work Models: We allow for flexible work models to ensure both professional and personal success.

Education Reimbursement: Receive financial aid to help propel your career to the next level.

Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim

On-Site

Freudenberg Medical Ireland Ltd.

Join our team as a:

Manufacturing Engineer / Senior Manufacturing Engineer Responsibilities

• Whether you're an experienced Manufacturing Engineer ready to take the next step or an established Senior Engineer looking for a new challenge, join a fast-growing global medical device company where you'll have opportunities to take ownership, make an impact and progress your career.
• Play a key role in improving how life-changing medical devices are manufactured, driving improvements in quality, efficiency and overall production performance.
• Get involved in hands-on problem solving, investigating manufacturing issues, non-conforming materials and customer complaints to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, using Lean principles and structured problem-solving techniques to improve yields, reduce waste and increase efficiency.
• Work closely with Engineers, Technicians and Operators, sharing your technical knowledge and helping to resolve day-to-day manufacturing challenges.
• Support and lead process validation activities, ensuring manufacturing processes are robust, reliable and meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Play an active role in quality improvement initiatives, including CAPA, MRB, root cause analysis and change control.
• Help develop and optimise manufacturing layouts, equipment and workflows, identifying opportunities to make production smoother, safer and more efficient.
• Collaborate with R&D and NPI teams, providing manufacturing engineering input and supporting the successful transfer of new processes into production.
• Work closely with Quality, Production and other teams to resolve technical issues, support customer requirements and ensure compliance with QMS standards.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Polymer, Biomedical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline, or significant relevant technical experience within medical device manufacturing.
• Ideally 3-5 years' experience in Manufacturing or Process Engineering within the medical device industry, although candidates with more extensive experience may be considered for a Senior Engineer position.
• Good working knowledge of Quality Management Systems (QMS) within a regulated medical device environment, ideally including ISO 13485 and FDA requirements.
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing process troubleshooting, process control, validation and continuous improvement.
• Experience with non-conformance investigations, CAPA, root cause analysis and change control.
• Good understanding of Lean manufacturing principles and experience applying these to improve manufacturing performance.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across Engineering, Quality and Production teams.
• Lean Systems Green Belt or Six Sigma Green Belt certification would be an advantage, but is not essential.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.