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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.
Summary
Responsible for serving as SME and providing technical leadership/expertise as it relates to machine controls, sensors, and machine vision used in Dexcom’s automated manufacturing and testing equipment. Work closely with internal and external equipment suppliers to ensure control hardware and software are implemented to provide reliable and robust automated manufacturing equipment solutions. Provide SME support to the replication, implementation, validation, and transfer of these systems into various internal and external manufacturing sites.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
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.
Summary
Responsible for serving as SME and providing technical leadership/expertise as it relates to machine controls, sensors, and machine vision used in Dexcom’s automated manufacturing and testing equipment. Work closely with internal and external equipment suppliers to ensure control hardware and software are implemented to provide reliable and robust automated manufacturing equipment solutions. Provide SME support to the replication, implementation, validation, and transfer of these systems into various internal and external manufacturing sites.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing technical knowledge and leadership in the areas of controls, sensor technologies, and various inspection systems that are used in the development and implementation of automated manufacturing lines (internally and at contract manufacturers) aligning with cross functional stakeholders on requirements, improvements, needs, cost, and capacity initiatives that meet agreed upon transfer targets.
- Responsible for providing technical leadership and support to the improvement, installation, start-up, validation, and transfer of replicant automated manufacturing equipment relative to machine controls (hardware and software), sensors, and machine vision.
- Provide technical expertise in assessing the efficacy, robustness and reliability of controls, sensor, and inspection hardware/software solutions proposing improvements where necessary to meet reliability, capacity, and quality targets.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to junior controls engineers.
- Provide technical expertise and oversee the resolution of technical issues related to controls, machine vision, servo systems, and various sensor technologies used in automated manufacturing and test equipment.
- Consult and provide technical input into the design of new automation equipment in the area of expertise as needed to drive to the most effective solution.
- Effectively manage multiple automated manufacturing equipment projects simultaneously.
- Responsible for providing technical inputs in the area of expertise in generating or updating equipment/automation documentation as needed and ensuring compliance with Dexcom’s quality systems requirements. This documentation includes, but not limited to, user requirements, functional specs, trace matrices, acceptance testing, qualification, and training documentation.
- Effectively implement a pro-active approach to identify potential risks, assess their impact, and develop/implement mitigations for areas of responsibility.
- Drive the implementation of six sigma methodology and expertise within your team.
- Provide regular updates on responsible projects.
- Accomplishes tasks while conforming to the company quality system procedures.
- Professional, timely, courteous, and highly organized.
- Lead, support, and participate on special projects as needed.
- Strong background in implementing and supporting controls systems, HMI’s, sensor technology, servo drive technology, and machine vision systems into automated manufacturing equipment. High volume manufacturing highly desired
- Experience in medical device manufacturing highly desired.
- Experience supporting the qualification/validation of automated manufacturing equipment highly desired.
- Experience programming or interfacing with robotic systems desired.
- Ability to adapt to fast moving and changing environments.
- Experience using and developing complex automated systems on Allen Bradley PLC controls platform.
- Ability to manage complexity.
- Demonstrated technical leadership skills.
- Excellent technical problem solving and risk management skills.
- Understanding of risk management policies and procedures associated with medical device manufacturing highly desired.
- Must be detail oriented with ability to multi-task and maintain a strong focus on quality, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong technical leadership and collaborative skills required.
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to travel to other supplier and/or manufacturing sites, if necessary.
- Six Sigma training and Belt certification highly desired.
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