Manufacturing Engineering Technician II

Manufacturing Engineering Technician II

Join Jupiter Endovascular, a leading medical device company transforming cardiovascular treatment, to apply for the Manufacturing Engineering Technician II role. This in-office position is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Jupiter Endovascular is revolutionizing catheter-based therapies by bringing the precision and control of surgery to minimally invasive procedures. Our transformative fixation technology navigates flexibly through the vascular system and locks into place to deliver treatment with surgical-like stability and control.

Founded and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company is led by a proven team of medical device entrepreneurs and backed by top-tier investors. We’re entering an exciting new phase of scaling up production, expanding our team, and preparing for commercial launch.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Technician, you’ll support the production and new product introduction of innovative medical technologies for cardiovascular disease. Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting production of finished medical devices, process development, process validation and other new product introduction activities. You will partner closely with manufacturing engineers, quality, and operations to ensure reliable production, continuous improvement of medical device assembly processes, and process transfer to production.

This role is an in-office position.

• Provide ongoing production sustaining support such as training, documentation updates, and equipment maintenance/repairs.
• Perform preventive maintenance, calibration, and repairs on production equipment and fixtures.
• Maintain, set-up, and test production equipment, fixtures, and tooling.
• Maintain accurate records in compliance with QMS and calibration systems.
• Troubleshoot equipment and process issues to meet production uptime goals.
• Maintain accurate process and inspection documentation (MPI, QIP).
• Manage spare parts availability including spare parts inventory management.
• Perform spare equipment installation and installation qualification (IQ).
• Identify process risks and collaborate with engineers to implement mitigations.
• Recommend operational efficiency improvements (yield, cycle time, etc.) to manufacturing engineers.
• Support implementation of process improvements.
• Assist manufacturing engineers with setting up pilot lines, executing design of experiment (DOE) builds and testing, and executing process capability studies.
• Support implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives (e.g., 5S, visual management, Kaizen).
• Train production manufacturing assemblers on manufacturing process instructions, equipment and fixture set up and maintenance.
• Support new equipment, fixtures and tooling introduction, installation, and IQ as required.
• Support execution of Process Validation Protocols (OQ, PQ).
• Support new product introduction (NPI) and process transfer to production.
• Support execution of prototype and engineering builds as required.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 3+ years of manufacturing engineering technician experience required (medical device experience preferred).
• Experience troubleshooting, maintaining and calibrating production equipment, fixtures and tooling.
• Contributed to the improvement of manufacturing processes and process documentation.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally in English (speech and writing).
• Proven ability to work independently with a given set of priorities.
• Experience using hand tools and motorized equipment or fixtures.
• Ability to read & interpret manufacturing process instructions (MPI), quality inspection procedures (QIP), engineering specifications, or other engineering/manufacturing documentation.
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Must be able to lift objects up to 50 lbs.

• 3D CAD experience (On Shape or Solidworks preferred).
• Fixture design, fabrication, and assembly.
• Experience working in a cleanroom environment.
• Knowledge of Quality System standards & regulations.