Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Billerica)

Company Description

Access Vascular Inc. was founded to address the most common and costly complications of intravenous therapy : infection, thrombosis, and phlebitis. The company's innovative approach involves manufacturing intravenous catheters from a hydrophilic material that retains significant amounts of water. Designed to mimic the bodys natural chemistry, Access Vascular catheters are aimed at evading the foreign body response and related complications. The company's cleared products include HydroPICC and HydroMID. For more information, please visit www.accessvascularinc.com.

Summary

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will play a pivotal, hands-on role in developing and optimizing manufacturing processes for cutting-edge, single-use medical devices made from novel biomaterials. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to an early-stage, innovation-driven company with strong potential for career growth. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in process development, project management, and scalable manufacturing, and thrives in a fast-paced environment focused on continuous improvement across processes, facilities, and equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

As a key member of the manufacturing engineering team, you will be responsible for driving process excellence, supporting commercial production, and enabling future scalability of medical device manufacturing operations. Your core responsibilities will include :

Process Development & Optimization

• Work hands-on to develop, validate, and implement manufacturing processes to support commercial production and future scalability.
• Create and maintain process flow diagrams and value stream maps for current and future products.
• Optimize manufacturing process flow and facility layout to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and accommodate growth and new product introductions.
• Establish standard work procedures and equipment operating parameters.

Documentation & Compliance

Tooling, Equipment & Automation

Continuous Improvement & Cost Reduction

Project & Team Leadership

Skills and Qualifications