Job Description

Automation Process Engineer – Precision Automation & Cable Assembly

ClearPath Medical | Tustin, CA

No relocation assistance | U.S. work authorization required

Who We Are

ClearPath Medical is an engineer-owned contract manufacturer that designs, builds, and ships custom medical cable assemblies 100 % in-house at our Tustin, CA facility. No layers of management. No offshore delays. Just a lean team turning intricate interconnect designs into FDA-compliant, life-critical products.

We’re scaling rapidly and redefining medical device automation—with in-house robotic cells, vision-guided precision, and fixtures that enable sub-millimeter placement repeatability at volume. If you get a rush watching a robot nail a 0.2 mm crimp on the first cycle, you’ll thrive here.

The Role

You’ll design, build, and optimize automated machines and processes for electro-mechanical medical cable assemblies: robotic label placement, automated stripping, crimping, soldering, and epoxy dispensing. This is 80% shop floor, 20% desk— SolidWorks at 8 AM, machining a fixture or debugging a cobot by 10 AM.

Day-to-Day Impact

• Design, fabricate, and deploy custom automation cells, tooling, and fixtures that deliver repeatable precision.
• Build and assemble machines —mechanical framing, pneumatics, wiring, sensors, and safety systems—from concept through runoff.
• Program and commission PLCs, HMIs, vision systems, cobots, dispensers, soldering robots, and crimpers.
• Fabricate prototype components using mills, lathes, drill presses, and 3D printers; modify off-the-shelf parts when needed.
• Lead automation projects from concept to FAT/SAT —you are the integrator, builder, and troubleshooter.
• Create DFM fixtures, poka-yoke tooling, and changeover systems that cut setup from 30 min to < 3 min.
• Write bulletproof SOPs, work instructions, and PLC logic that operators execute flawlessly on day one.
• Balance lines, run time studies, and achieve > 95 % OEE on high-mix, low-volume runs.
• Partner with Quality to lock in zero-defect crimps, solder joints, and epoxy cures.

You Bring

• 7+ years automating precise placement & joining processes (medical, aerospace, or electronics contract manufacturing).
• Proven track record building machines or automation cells end-to-end—mechanical design, fabrication, wiring, integration.
• Experience with:
• Vision-guided label application (± 0.2 mm or tighter)
• Automated crimping with force/distance monitoring
• Robotic soldering (laser or iron)
• Precision epoxy dispensing (time-pressure or auger)
• Fluent in SolidWorks/Inventor for fixtures & DFM; GD&T and tolerance stacks second nature.
• Hands-on with Studio 5000, URScript, Keyence IV, Epson RC+, Nordson valves, and other automation platforms—you debug on the floor.
• Comfortable using machine shop equipment (manual mill, lathe, bandsaw, drill press, grinders, and welding when needed).
• Lean toolkit —SMED, line balancing, quick-change fixtures.
• Project leadership —scoped, budgeted, and launched cells on time, under budget.
• Builder’s grit —you’ve 3D-printed nozzles, machined brackets, wired e-stops, and tuned PID loops after hours to hit spec.

We Offer

• Direct bottom-line impact.
• Medical/dental/vision, and PTO.
• Zero red tape —pitch Monday, prototype Tuesday, qualify next week.
• Shop-floor vibe: jeans, safety glasses, shipping product that ends up in an OR.

How to Apply

Send your resume plus a 2-minute note or video on one automation cell or machine you built —specs, challenges, and results.

Local Orange County only. Interviews start this week. No sponsorship.

• Curious? Tour the floor, watch a human operator crimp a 30 AWG lead, and tell us how you’d semi-automate or fully automate the process. See if you want to own the future of medical cable automation: ClearPath Medical— small team, massive precision.

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