Sr Manufacturing Engineer - Exempt

Join our dynamic team in Boulder, CO, where you'll have the opportunity to work onsite full-time at our state-of-the-art Boulder plant. As part of our PMO operations engineering team, you will drive projects and capital initiatives that are critical to our business, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards for components used in life-saving medical devices.

Top 3 Technical Skills Required for the Role:

• Project Management
• Manufacturing engineering experience in a regulated environment (Medical Device preferred)
• Financial / Business Acumen

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Role Responsibilities:

• Support PMO operations engineering team in driving projects and capital initiatives to deliver cost savings while complying with quality and regulatory policies.
• Apply financial acumen and manufacturing engineering expertise to drive projects to completion, leveraging influence, resilience, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Work closely with R&D, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and external partners to ensure robust, compliant, and scalable manufacturing solutions.
• Support capital equipment planning, procurement, installation, and commissioning activities to enable capacity expansion and operational efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional teams on engineering and capital projects to launch new components, drive continuous improvements, and maintain business operations.
• Manage project finances, including spend forecast accuracy, drafting POs, capitalization, and tracking capital project budgets.
• Create and own cost savings, capacity expansion, and run-the-business projects from proposals through implementation and completion.
• Support capital equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, and integration into existing manufacturing processes.
• Execute process and equipment validations through Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, and Process Qualification (IQ, OQ, PQ) using statistical analysis tools.
• Provide process engineering support for production problems, engineering runs, and equipment or process troubleshooting.
• Author and institute written technical specifications and SOPs through the document control system for new and existing processes and equipment.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on yield, efficiency, quality, and cost.
• Collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to support equipment implementation, process improvements, and technical alignment.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to less-experienced engineers as needed.

Specialist Career Stream:

Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects from design to implementation while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

Differentiating Factors:

• Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects/processes.
• Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
• Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas, or specialties. Makes improvements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
• Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchanges information of facts, statuses, ideas, and issues to achieve objectives and influence decision-making.
• Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area. May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work products.