Senior Engineering Technician - Extrusions

Position Summary

The Senior Engineering Technician – Extrusions provides technical support to cross-functional teams to characterize and develop new technology platforms and processes within Heraeus Medevio. As a Senior Engineering Technician - Extrusions, you’ll be reporting to the Principal Extrusion Engineer, working closely with a team of engineers to run the extrusion processes. You will set up, operate, troubleshoot, and clean all extrusion manufacturing equipment as indicated by specialized standards. You'll operate extruders, be responsible for material handling, including weighing and staging of raw materials and packaging, sampling and performing in-process testing, complete and maintain department paperwork, keep a clean/organized work area free of all foreign debris.

This position will be located at Fridley, MN site and may require occasional travel to our White Bear Lake, MN facility.

What You’ll Do Every Day:

• Provide advanced support for engineering projects.  Seen as an engineering process "expert", requiring minimal engineering direction to complete activities.


• Sets up, runs, and adjusts extrusion equipment per specialized standards on multiple pieces of machinery and/or processes with advanced knowledge of equipment setup.


• Perform quality checks and examines product for defects and size variations and fills out production documentation


• Troubleshoot and resolve equipment problems as needed. Take action to ensure quality limits and efficiency targets are met.


• Work independently with little supervision.


• Create draft manufacturing documents including work instructions, certification checklists, visual aids, setup sheets, etc., establishing and documenting process windows and controls.


• Understand cause and effect as it pertains to process development.


• Provide advanced support for transitioning projects into production including training of manufacturing personnel. 


• Provide ongoing engineering support optimizing tooling and production processes.  Implement controlled changes, within established parameters and process change procedures.


• Provide training to others based on expertise or demonstrated work performance. 


• Other duties may be assigned as required.

What We’re Looking For:

• High school diploma required, 2-year technical degree strongly preferred.  


• Minimum 5 years of relevant technician experience.


• Demonstrated experience in tubing extrusion required.


• Direct experience participating in complex projects to commercialization.


• Experience with a medical multi-lumen extrusion preferred.


• Ability to move between the Fridley, MN and White Bear Lake, MN sites, as needed.

Medevio is committed to providing competitive total compensation and benefits packages. The expected hiring range for this position is between $32.00 and $36.50/hour based upon a full-time schedule. This is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. Base salaries are determined by taking a variety of factors in account, including, but not limited to, candidate qualifications, geographic locations, market conditions and internal equity. This position is bonus eligible. Our total compensation package includes eligibility for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement, paid parental leave and paid time off.