Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Molding

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

You will be part of the Global Engineering team within Operations, tasked with end-to-end technical oversight of our suppliers, contract manufactures and automation houses.  You will bring your expertise and passion for injection molding design and manufacturing to ensure robust new product design instructions, capacity expansions, and on-market sustained performance. This crucial role supports Dexcom's thrilling growth trajectory in delivering essential, life-changing products to our valued customers. As part of this dynamic and highly effective team, you will collaborate closely across multiple functions, gaining broad exposure to our entire product life cycle.

Where you come in: 

• Provide technical expertise in leading and advising programs covering a broad range of thermoplastic injection molding techniques, including tool designs, material selection, and process capability mapping and validation. Specializing in complex parts and subassemblies, coupled with high-volume, global manufacturing.

• Support a range of programs from new product introductions and launches to scale up, on-market, and end of life management.  Leading collaborative efforts and directing mold development activities, ensuring seamless progression, timely feedback, and optimization, while fostering teamwork and accountability.

• You will collaborate closely with the Purchasing and Quality organizations to establish a rigorous supplier selection process, ensuring timely launches and sustained performance at the optimal cost profile.

• You will ensure adherence to design, quality, and safety standards, upholding GMP, FDA, and ISO guidelines.  As well as support the planning and execution of robust mold validations and on-market change assessments.  

• You will provide technical leadership to suppliers and internal teams, ensuring adherence to sound engineering and operations practices throughout the supply chain, fostering strong partnerships and promoting a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. 

• You will provide technical insight in the development and implementation of on-market support initiatives, including a robust preventative maintenance management system, to maintain the yield, performance, and quality of products and subcomponents.

What makes you successful:

• You are respected by your peers for your demonstrated, strong engineering expertise in injection molding manufacturing and your ability to apply this knowledge within a dynamic, high-volume, and highly regulated Class II medical device industry.

• You leverage your demonstrated experience in collaborating with R&D on design for manufacturing considerations for new product development, injection molding toolmakers to provide oversight into mold and part design for high-scale manufacturing and foster productive partnerships for stable on-market performance while driving continuous improvement.

• You stay abreast of advancing technologies and processes, and the competitive landscape, proactively seeking out opportunities for implementation.

• You will closely engage with cross-functional partners in manufacturing, R&D, supply chain, and quality assurance.

• You drive innovation in approach, processes, and methodologies while ensuring adherence to company, customer, and industry requirements and specifications. This includes offering recommendations for technology and process solutions to enhance performance and achieve both short-term and long-term objectives.

• You engage in an environment of personal and team accountability, that is conducive the development and growth of the team through mentoring and coaching.

Key Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Plastics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. 

• Robust understanding of GD&T Standards. 

• Experience in the medical device industry, particularly in Class II devices

• Proficiency in SolidWorks and MoldFlow analysis 

• Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab or JMP. 

• Robust understanding of Plastic Part Design Guidelines, including dimensional tolerancing.

• Master Molder II / III Certification 

• Experience in product design   

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 15+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 10+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 7+ years of experience.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve. 

Travel Required: 

• 15-25%

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