Sr Test Engineering - 2025-5032

Title:   Sr. Manufacturing Equipment Engineer (Sr MEE)

Department: Engineering

About Nevro

Nevro (NYSE: NVRO) is a global medical device company headquartered in Redwood City, California. We are focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 100,000 patients globally. 

Nevro’s comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.  Senza®, Senza II®, Senza Omnia™, and Senza HFX iQ™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. HFX iQ, Nevro’s latest innovation, is the first and only SCS System that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize and maintain pain relief using each patient's response1.Nevro’s unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management. 

Nevro also recently added a minimally invasive treatment option for patients suffering from chronic sacroiliac joint ("SI joint") pain and now provides the most comprehensive portfolio of products in the SI joint fusion space, designed to meet the preferences of physicians and varying patient needs in order to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Nevro is seeking a Sr. Manufacturing Equipment Engineer that will play a key role in ensuring manufacturability and testability of product designs and ensure supply chain, manufacturing processes, tools and equipment are in place and capable of delivering Class III implantable Neuromodulation system for pain management by applying engineering principles and techniques to perform equipment maintenance (predictive, preventive and/or corrective) routines in a manufacturing environment to meet organizational objectives. This position reports to the Manufacturing Engineer Manager or equivalent.  This position will be located in the Coyol FTZ Park in Costa Rica.

Define, perform and improve preventative and/or predictive maintenance routines and oversee service calls on production equipment as needed.

Work closely with process engineers to understand equipment interactions and limitations relative to operating specifications.

Perform regular equipment checks, calibrations and characterization.

Disassemble, repair, and reassemble equipment according to operating manuals, schematics, blueprints, etc.

Establish equipment maintenance strategies and protocols based on Nevro’s quality system.

Assume ownership of maintaining and calibrating production tools in accordance with equipment manufacturer specifications.

Support production as needed.

Manage Technicians staff on both Shift A and B schedules.

Coach Jr Techs and engineers on their job assignments.

Lead and execute training activities for other team members, cross functional teams and supporting areas.

Evaluation of production equipment to support process improvements, capacity and cycle time requirements.

Lead the acquisition, installation and qualification of production equipment and tooling, including writing the IQ, OQ, PQ documentation.

Understand manufacturing and problem-solving concepts like Value Stream mapping, 5S and DMAIC to improve quality, labor efficiency, and throughput.

Lead, participate and proposed suitability solutions for production and improve manufacturability.

Manage and maintain MP (manufacturing procedure) through the change order process.

Drive regular production meetings to monitor manufacturing line performance metrics/line health (First pass yield, Scrap Rate, NC rate).

Utilize tools such Gage R&R, Cp, Cpk, and SPC to ensure capable processes and improve process and first pass yield and eliminate scrap.

Work with Quality counterpart to address manufacturing nonconformances and customer complaint.

Ensure compliance of the organization's management systems to guarantee effectiveness and adherence to established policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.

Role Requirements

S. Mechanical/Electrical Engineering. Advanced degree (M.S.) is preferred.

A minimum of 5 years of experience within the High-Volume Manufacturing or Medical Device industry, preferably manufacturing and/or designing Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMDs) preferred.

Strong English oral and written communication.

Knowledge of ISO 13485, Current US Food and Drug Administration -Quality System Regulations.

Skills and Knowledge

Strong project leadership skills, utilizing structured project management tools.

Strong interpersonal and technical writing skills.

Experience managing component suppliers.

Prior experience with manufacturing transfers

Strong electro-mechanical design/manufacturing and analysis skills.

Experience with Solidworks and Six Sigma Certification a plus.

Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Requires the ability to travel approximately 20% of the time throughout the United States and internationally.

Good problem solving and decision-making skills.

Adhere to all EHS rules and requirements and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control.

Must be organized, detail-oriented and adaptable.