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Dexcom Deutschland GmbH · 1 week ago

Sr Manager Molding Engineering

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$149K/yr - $248K/yr

13+ years exp

Dexcom Corporation is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), aiming to empower people to take control of health. The Sr Manager Molding Engineering will lead the Molding Engineering Team, managing processes for high-volume injection mold tooling and ensuring operational efficiency in collaboration with global contract manufacturing partners.

Medical Device

Responsibilities

You will manage the engineering team responsible for improving operational efficiency, reducing cost, improving quality, and ensuring stability of the injection molding processes at our suppliers and contract manufacturers

Your team will manage a range of programs from new product introductions and launches to scale up, on-market, and end of life management, and will manage outcomes with cross-functional departments in the areas of NPI, Quality Assurance, R&D, Internal Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, and Regulatory

You will be leading development activities related to molded components, ensuring seamless progression, timely feedback, and optimization, while fostering teamwork and accountability

You will champion our supplier strategy and lead change initiatives; identifying the best approach for implementing new processes, root cause analyses, and problem-solving systems such as DMAIC, A3, Lean Six Sigma across the engineering team and cross functionally

You will collaborate with Dexcom internal manufacturing engineering teams to understand the impact our molded components and subassemblies have on internal yields and performance, and work to drive improvements at our CMs and Suppliers

You will assess engineering resource and equipment requirements and create plans to achieve corporate goals and our product commercialization roadmap

You will be expected to contribute technical expertise and complex analysis of molding processes, DFM, best manufacturing techniques, and team training as required

You will establish and track performance metrics with our global contract manufacturing partners with a focus on driving continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives

You will be expected to provide updates and presentations to your functional management team

Qualification

Injection molding processesMold/tooling qualificationContinuous improvementProject managementTechnical communicationTeam leadershipProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree with 13+ years of industry experience

Requires a degree in a technical discipline

5-8 years of previous people management experience

Direct leadership experience in the commercialization of a medical device and/or medical diagnostic products, preferably pertaining to contract manufacturing

Experience with mold/tooling qualification, including DFM, FOT, MFAT, SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ, PV, DOE

Experience and demonstrated ability to manage teams, projects, maintain timelines, and execute manufacturing improvement projects in an Operations environment

Ability to effectively communicate with internal teams and external partners

Comfortable and able to deal with ambiguity/uncertainty in a dynamic environment

Innate ability to create processes/systems to fill gaps

Internal drive for continuous improvement

Comfortable leading a team of talented engineers