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Current Openings

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    <h1 class="job-title">Manufacturing Engineer - Mechanical (Hybrid)</h1>\n    <h3 class="job-location"><a target="_blank" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Burnaby%2C%20British%20Columbia%2C%20Canada&zoom=14&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false">Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada</a></h3>\n    <div class="job-content">\n

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Your opportunity

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By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. Kardium is developing a ground breaking medical device for the minimally-invasive diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that can cause strokes, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

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Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market: The Globe® Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

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As a member of the Manufacturing Engineering team, you will be expected to have a wide breadth of knowledge of all production processes and act as the first point of contact for any feedback or problems raised by the manufacturing team. In this role, you will also be responsible for optimizing workflow of production processes in order to maximize process throughput and yield. Having developed a keen knowledge of production processes, you will be well positioned to identify areas for process and product enhancement. You are expected to triage, design and implement process enhancement projects as well as collaborate with the design engineering team to provide DFM input and develop solutions.

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Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

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What you’ll be doing

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Your responsibilities will include:

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• Design and implement equipment and process improvements for current and next generation products
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• Write and maintain manufacturing documentation such as work instructions and manufacturing process plans/template
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• Lead or participate in design and manufacturing process workflow reviews
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• Develop the business case for equipment and process improvement projects
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• Review manufacturing process cycle time trends and process workflows and develop strategies to remove capacity bottlenecks
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• Collaborate with design and quality engineering to determine root cause of ongoing quality issues and drive implementation of appropriate solutions
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• Plan manufacturing floor layouts for current and future product designs to maximize efficiency
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• Identify and communicate workstation utility requirements
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• Develop and drive implementation of WIP and finished good product storage solutions
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• Provide input into product designs as part of the design for manufacturability process
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• Serve as a process subject matter expert (SME) and assist with identification and delivery of technician training requirements
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• Provide front line support to the manufacturing team for process and equipment related issues
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• Lead or participate in Lean and Kaizen events and drive continuous improvement projects
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What you bring to the team

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Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about creating cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work within a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. And we understand that only by working together can we solve the unsolvable.

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You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes:

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• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Bioengineer or Industrial Engineering
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• Minimum 2 years’ experience in design or manufacturing engineering in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, or medical devices industry
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• Experience with, and solid understanding of, statistical process controls, lean manufacturing, kaizen\\six-sigma implementation is preferred
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• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness
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• Experience in developing manufacturing floorplan layouts based on activity relationship analysis is desirable
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Why work at Kardium

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A meaningful career working with a truly innovative technology and an ambitious team, combined with:

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• Knowing every day that you are making a difference in people’s lives by helping treat a condition that debilitates millions worldwide
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• A great working environment with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge
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• Opportunity to extend your knowledge by interacting with other team members in a multi-disciplinary environment that includes electrical and mechanical engineers, biologists, and specialists in human factors, and clinical and regulatory affairs
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• An engaged leadership team who believes in mentoring and growing employees’ careers
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• Supportive and fun colleagues with plenty of social events to encourage people connections
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• And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!
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Thanks in advance for your interest in Kardium!

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