Manufacturing Engineering Lead

<p><strong>Company Overview:</strong></p> <p>Lexington Medical, Inc. is a medical device company developing and manufacturing minimally invasive surgical stapling solutions in the Boston area. With the highest standards in design engineering and smart manufacturing, our team delivers disruptive technology to healthcare providers, improving surgical outcomes for patients in a thriving $6B+ surgical stapler market.&nbsp;</p> <p>Rooted in a talent-dense culture, we are committed to innovation, foster continuous growth, and achieve great heights together. At Lexington Medical, Inc., you will have the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of patients worldwide and thrive in a fast-growing MedTech company.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Role Overview:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>We are hiring a Manufacturing Engineering Lead to join our team at Lexington Medical, Inc. in Bedford, MA. Reporting to the Head of Manufacturing, you will be a technical leader in Lexington Medical’s onsite production spaces, responsible for proprietary equipment optimization, NPI, and continuous improvement projects. This role manages a small team of early career manufacturing engineers and technicians, each responsible for supporting the manufacturing line for part of the product portfolio. This role works typical business hours Monday to Friday, with some need to be remotely available during evenings as questions may come up from second shift production supervisor.</p> <p><span data-teams="true">This is an ideal opportunity for a high-performing manufacturing engineer ready to step into a people management role, while remaining deeply technical.</span></p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide technical mentorship and people management to a small team of 2-4 who refine and support existing equipment, design and maintain processes, and develop fixturing. You will be responsible for the output and professional growth of your direct reports. </li> <li>Understand, debug, and alter complex proprietary equipment (designed by our own in-house automation team). You will be a technical escalation point for your team and must feel comfortable getting hands-on to perform root cause analysis. </li> <li>Coordinate product and equipment introduction and change control processes on the manufacturing floor, developing systems to ensure smooth R&amp;D to operations hand-offs.</li> <li>Own technical excellence and systemic integrity across all product manufacturing lines. You will lead and organize your team to detect and address quality or yield issues, guiding them in the balance between rapid-response ‘firefighting’ and long-term solutions for persistent issues.</li> <li>Provide clear, practical guidance to production technicians while also collaborating