Supervisor, Process Engineering

Position Summary

As part of the functional system engineering team, leads test and assembly engineering activities within a new product development project and ensures their alignment with the overall project strategy, as defined and managed by the Project Management Office (PMO). Provides leadership within a multidisciplinary engineering project team in close collaboration with the relevant R&D functional managers. Ensures overall technical leadership and responsibility for the test and assembly engineering equipment and subsystems.

Responsible for team management, skills development in test and assembly, as well as the overall execution of activities related to test and assembly engineering equipment and subsystems. Ensures compliance with functional team processes and leads the development and/or deployment of new tools, processes, and training programs.

• Provide overall technical leadership and responsibility for test and assembly activities.
• Plan, supervise, and execute test and assembly activities in projects, including initiation, coordination, and synchronization.
• Collaborate with cross functional leaders to assess changes related to scope, schedule, cost, and resources for test and assembly activities.

• Act as the leader for test and assembly activities for a business unit segment.
• Promote a high performance team culture through strategic initiatives (functional skills, performance management, talent management, process improvement). Manage recruitment, staffing, and retention of a diverse and effective engineering team with specific technical expertise.
• Demonstrate commitment to patient safety and product quality by meeting all quality system requirements. Fully comply at all times with FDA regulations, international guidelines, and company policies. Establish and promote a work environment among colleagues and subordinates that supports compliance with the quality system and company policies.

• Advanced degree in electrical, biomechanical, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
• More than 5 years of experience in an R&D environment.

• More than 3 years of functional management experience.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in performance, quality, timelines, and cost; strong planning and organizational skills required.
• Ability to work in a highly regulated environment.
• Successful experience managing development activities using stage gate methodologies.
• Ability to lead and collaborate within a team oriented matrix organization.
• Ability to make informed business decisions based on data; capable of understanding, monitoring, probing, and questioning activities and issues within the functional domain. Strong attention to detail and follow through.
• Must possess strong leadership, interpersonal, and influence skills. Demonstrated abilities in conflict resolution, assertiveness, and negotiation required.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal communication skills. For the Québec site, bilingualism (French/English) is required.
• Excellent written communication skills—reports, presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to build team cohesion, establish shared goals, and develop effective working methods.
• Sets the standard for punctuality, professional ethics, and personal integrity.

This position requires knowledge of English due to the nature of the duties involved, including regular communications outside the province of Quebec, training, email communications, and frequent meetings and interactions with English-only employees. The employer has taken all reasonable steps to avoid imposing this language requirement, in accordance with the Charter of the French Language.

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