Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Join our dynamic team in Northridge, CA, where innovation meets excellence. We are seeking a skilled professional to enhance our manufacturing processes and drive our company's success. Enjoy the vibrant community and the perfect blend of urban amenities and scenic beauty that Northridge offers.

• Design manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for semi-automation equipment installation, processing, and material handling.
• Adapt machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions, incorporating inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing process specifications, work instructions, and engineering documentation.
• Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Develop and execute equipment and process validation activities, including IQ, OQ, and PQ protocols and test method development and validation.
• Support automation initiatives and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex manufacturing and quality issues.
• Lead root cause investigations utilizing structured problem-solving tools such as 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and Statistical Analysis.
• Lead initiatives to improve yield, reduce scrap, increase throughput, and optimize labor utilization.
• Partner with equipment suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve equipment capability and reliability.
• Develop manufacturing strategies for commercial production ramp-up, identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting manufacturing performance.
• Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with FDA Quality System Regulations, ISO 13485 requirements, and company procedures.

EEO Employer

LanceSoft is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. LanceSoft makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.