Manufacturing Technician - Bothell, WA

The Manufacturing Technician will be joining Fujifilm Sonosite and assist in delivering a consistent cadence of product innovations to the market.  The successful candidate will be considered a subject matter expert on key manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards; recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls. This employee will be certified to operator and repair all products manufacturing in the area of responsibility and perform routine failure analysis and drive corrective actions to improve overall product quality.

At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives—from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms.

We’re looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you’ll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let’s make a difference together.

Our headquarters in Bothell, Washington, blends riverside charm with urban amenities, quality schools, and an ever-evolving downtown—all part of the vibrant Seattle metro area.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform equipment setup, operation, repair, and basic daily/weekly preventative maintenance tasks to meet all standards for safety, quality and efficiency. These tasks must be completed under minimal supervision.
• Ensures adequate raw material is prepared correctly and jobs are run in a timely manner to ensure on-time delivery.
• Executes equipment inspections and generates emergency, corrective, and/or preventative work orders as needed.
• Performs troubleshooting and repairs. This includes observing devices in operation to locate root cause of problem. Dismantling devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, examining parts to detect imperfections and adjustment of functional parts in devices to ensure product compliance
• Able to utilize computer systems to support in the material inventory and quality management processes.
• Participates in manufacturing processes to support new product design transfer, process development, equipment validations, and process validations.
• Able to use measuring tools to ensure correct tolerances.
• Works from specifications, work orders, and general instructions from Production Supervisor/Team Lead.
• Safely follow standard operating procedures including but not limited to material handling, record keeping, packaging, and shipment preparation. Must follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Notifies Team Leader or Production Supervisor of any discrepancies to ensure quality standards and safety of operations are maintained at all times.
• Excellent attention to detail, good organization, and capable of working independently with minimal instruction from production supervisor.
• Able to work in small groups and cross functional teams to troubleshoot issues, identify and implement collective corrective actions.
• Maintain a clean work environment suitable for medical device manufacturing and cleanroom production.
• Familiarity with manufacturing instrumentation such as micrometers, calipers, feeler gauges, dial indicators, and gauge blocks.
• Self-starter capable of dealing with a variety of tasks in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Must be proficient in English language to be able to read documentation, communicate, and write.
• Ideal candidate will have keen eye for quality, is dependable, and will work collaboratively within a team, and possess a positive attitude.
• Manufacturing experience in Medical Device Industry.
• Familiarity with manufacturing instrumentation such as optical gauging and video microscopes.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Must have a high school diploma
• Preferred a technical associates degree in a related field
• 3-5 yrs experience with medical device manufacturing
• Must have at least 1 year of previous experience with assembling, debugging and optimizing discrete component assembly processes.
• Manufacturing experience in Medical Device Industry.
• Experience working with maintaining automated test equipment.
• Experience working with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and inventory management systems
• Experience working, debugging, and/or maintaining highly automated equipment.
• Experience working with Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs).
• Familiarity with manufacturing instrumentation such as micrometers, calipers, feeler gauges, dial indicators, and gauge blocks.
• Previous experience with discreet assembly and robotics..
• Previous experience working in a clean room environment.
• Previous experience with technologies such as laser welding, heat staking, and ultrasonic welding.
• Familiarity with manufacturing instrumentation such as optical gauging and video microscopes.

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent attention to detail, good organization, and capable of working independently with minimal instruction from production supervisor.
• Ideal candidate will have keen eye for quality, is dependable, and will work collaboratively within a team, and possess a positive attitude.
• Able to work in small groups and cross functional teams to troubleshoot issues, identify and implement collective corrective actions.
• Self-starter capable of dealing with a variety of tasks in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Must be proficient in English language to be able to read documentation, communicate, and write.

Shift Requirements: 

• Shift hours are 5:00am to 3:30pm, Monday – Thursday with an excellent opportunity for overtime on Friday-Saturday

Salary and Benefits:

• $29.00/hour
• Insurance:
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Life & Company paid Disability
• Retirement Plan (401k):
• 4% automatic Company contribution
• Fujifilm matches 50 cents for every dollar you contribute, up to 6% of your salary
• Paid Time Off:
• You can accrue up to three (3) weeks of PTO in your first year of employment
• PTO increases based on years of service
• Employee Choice Holidays:
• Four (4) additional paid days off, based on date of hire in the calendar year
• Paid Holidays:
• Eight (8) paid holidays per year

FUJIFILM Sonosite offers a fantastic compensation package, including benefits, and a 401k program.  Visit us today to learn more about our exciting technologies and how you can make a difference.  To apply and obtain further details regarding key responsibilities and experience requirements, check out our careers page at www.Sonosite.com/about/careers.

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