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:
As a member of the Quality Engineering team, this engineer will liaison closely with Receiving Inspection, R&D, Supplier Quality and Operations Engineering to ensure open and timely communication of pipeline project deliverables including but not limited to material specifications, drawings, requirements, fixture design and development, Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility Studies, First Article Inspections, inspection procedures, inspection methods, and sampling plans.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide direct and ongoing support to Receiving Inspection in evaluating inspection methods, process improvements, sampling plans, coordination of first article component and fixture inspections, selection and qualification of inspection equipment
Work closely with Receiving Inspection, Project Quality Engineers, and Supplier Quality Engineers to develop and implement inspection methods, sampling plans, and related procedures
Provide the primary input to the design, development, and implementation of fixtures for measuring component parts in Receiving Inspection
Attend assigned design control and phase exit meetings
Create vision system CMM programs to semi-automatically measure complex molded component parts and sub-assemblies
Develop inspection processes for complex and high-volume component throughput
Create and conduct measurement capability assessments (i.e. Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility)
Design and develop methods to determine measurement accuracy and precision through testing and analysis
Evaluate and determine cause for measurement variation
Create test strategies and conduct process/equipment/measurement method qualifications and validations
Provide key support in the design and fabrication of mechanical fixtures, tooling, and equipment for component/sub-assembly measurement
Measure task/project percentage completion at critical stages and takes appropriate actions as needed to keep tasks/projects on track
Plan, manage and prioritizes tasks/projects, tracks progress toward overall goals, and provides periodic updates to management
Required Qualifications:
Typically requires a Bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field with minimum 2 years of relevant industry experience and/or training
Proficiency with inspection equipment such as: CMM (Mitutoyo Vision and Touch Probe System, OGP vision System, digital microscopes, and other)
Proficiency with engineering software tools for CAD (SolidWorks preferred), engineering analysis, and statistical analysis (e.g. Minitab)
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products
Proficiency with basic statistical analysis (normality, standard deviation,…