Senior Continuing Cost Engineer (Medical Devices)

Location: Milwaukee Design Center, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States; full-time onsite role

Company

hirify.global provides healthcare technology management and service solutions that help healthcare organizations manage and maintain medical equipment.

What you will do

• Own cost-reduction and value-engineering initiatives for released medical device products, including BOM optimization, material substitutions, design simplification, and supplier changes.
• Identify cost drivers through BOM analysis, supplier spend reviews, labor studies, warranty data, field repair data, and service analysis.
• Lead engineering change activities through SolidWorks while maintaining compliance with ISO, IEC, FDA, and QMS requirements.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, and Mechanical and Electrical Design Engineering on materials, processes, tooling, sourcing, feasibility, and risk.
• Perform trade studies and apply DFM, DFA, DFC, DFMEA, PFMEA, and root cause analysis to improve cost, quality, and manufacturability.
• Coordinate validation, testing, phased implementation, savings tracking, and risk communication for cost-driven product changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
• 8+ years of engineering experience supporting manufactured products; medical device or regulated-industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading cost-reduction, value-engineering, or design-to-cost initiatives for released products.
• Proficiency with CAD tools, preferably SolidWorks, as well as PDM systems, BOM management, and issue-tracking tools such as Jira.
• Working knowledge of injection molding, blow molding, machining, sheet metal, welding, wire routing, and assembly.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 14971, applicable IEC standards, FDA design controls, technical risk assessment, root cause analysis, and financial savings analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and leadership.
• Work focused on medical equipment, healthcare delivery, and patient outcomes.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance; disability coverage; flexible spending and health savings accounts; and life insurance options.
• Paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employer match, employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, Daily Pay, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
• Vaccination requirements may apply based on customer or company requirements; required vaccinations are covered at participating clinics.