Engineering Manager - Process Engineering

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM; Market Cap $44.3B) 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 nearly 10,000 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: 

We are currently looking for a Process Engineering Manager to join our Dexcom team in Mesa, AZ!

As the Manager over Process Engineering, you will be responsible for strategic oversight and direction of Process and Equipment Engineering and establishing a best in class team as a part of Manufacturing Operations with the primary goal of meeting manufacturing goals within the Quality System. 

You will also provide technical leadership in fields such as chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering as well as best manufacturing processes and product manufacturability improvements, as well as lead and/or participate in Factory Improvement Teams and other cross functional teams to address problems such as production quality issues, product lines efficiency issues, field failures, and to prevent similar issues reoccurring in the future.   

Where you come in:

• The Engineering Manager is responsible for the oversight of the continuous improvement teams made up of cross functional team members that support the production of commercially launched sensors, applicators, receivers and transmitters with the goals of improving quality, reducing costs and ensure stability of the manufacturing processes. 

• The Engineering Manager will assist the Manufacturing Managers to ensure the manufacturing processes meet production targets against lowest cost, according to planning and quality requirements. ​

• Lead and/or participate in efforts to reduce the operating costs, improve quality of the products, implement best in class and efficient manufacturing processes using tools such as Lean and Six Sigma.

• Directs and coordinates engineering activities supporting manufacturing, yield, quality, customer needs, on-time delivery, safety, inventory control, productivity, manufacturing efficiencies, cost reduction and regulatory compliance. 

• Champions and leads change initiatives; identifies the best approach for implementing process, implementing root cause analyses and problem solving systems such as DMAIC, A3, Lean Six Sigma across the engineering teams 

• Collaborate with Manufacturing Managers to assess resource and equipment requirements,  adjust/plan to meet needs of the corporate goals and product development roadmap, and to provide support for commercialization and sustaining activity. 

• Provide technical assistance and data to manufacturing, provide technical expertise on design for manufacturability and best manufacturing techniques, train as necessary. 

• Leads overall technical strategy with assistance of the Opera