Life at Elvie – Meaningful work. Exceptional people
We develop smarter technology for women and are committed to building extraordinary products that improve women’s lives. It’s a fascinating and challenging area to be addressing as it requires all our employees to solve problems that no-one’s tackled before.
Our first product, Elvie Trainer, is an award-winning app-connected trainer that helps women strengthen the pelvic floor via fun, five-minute workouts. Our street cred includes more than 12 awards for innovation and design, including the prestigious Red Dot Award and an IDA Design Award.
Our second innovation: Elvie Pump, the world’s first silent wearable breast pump, is making it possible for new mothers to pump anytime, anywhere. Elvie Pump has received international praise, including being listed as one of Times 100 best inventions in 2019 and ‘wearable design of the design of the year’ at the 2020 Dezeen Awards.
As a business, Elvie has received more than 30 awards, including being named as one of 15 startups “To Watch” by The Sunday Times, ranked as the 6th fastest growing business in the UK. Tania Boler has recently been rated as the 8th most influential person shaping british technology by Business Insider. In 2019, Elvie announced a $42 million Series B from IPGL, Octopus Ventures and Impact Ventures, bringing the total raised thus far to over $50 million. Our Series B represented the largest ever fundraise in Femtech. This new round of financing is accelerating Elvie’s research and development efforts, as well as helping grow brand awareness and distribution.
What does it mean to work at Elvie?
You are surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and are passionate about our mission. We are constantly considering our users and the positive impact we can have on their health and wellbeing.
We’re deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive.
- We make an impact – we are mission driven and not afraid to break boundaries. We relentlessly focus on going the extra mile to solve problems
- We are fearless innovators – we are passionate, curious and data-driven. We continuously embrace change and innovation
- We are in it together – we fail and learn fast, always as one team, and have fun along the way. We stay authentic and embrace our differences
Who you are
We are looking for a passionate and inquisitive engineer with broad experience across multiple manufacturing environments and the ability to influence people and projects as you will be a key stakeholder in the product development cycle, responsible for the industrialisation of new products into our manufacturing partners facilities in your designated region. You will also take the lead in identifying areas for improvement within the current manufacturing environment to drive improvements in cost, quality and on-time delivery.
The day to day of the role:
Reporting to the Head of Manufacturing located in Bristol/ UK, you will work within a team of multi-skilled engineers, leading new product introduction and management of current manufacturing activities. The role will involve (but not be limited to):
Product Industrialisation / Transfer to Manufacturing
- Lead the introduction of new products into contract manufacturing plants
- Support tooling and EE DFM (design for manufacture) and tooling GA (general assembly) activities
- Assess tooling specification with CM’s (contract manufacturers) & mold makers to ensure capacity and life requirements are met
- Spec and introduce assembly jigs & fixtures and in-line test equipment in partnership with the Chiaro NPD team and CM
- Lead part and process qualification activities to ensure products are fit for large scale manufacture
Business Support
- Facilitate sourcing activities between UK teams and potential suppliers within designated region
- Request for Quote – Support UK team in obtaining quotes for new product, processes and sources
- Support the New Product Innovation team through assessment and insight into manufacturing processes to aid product development
- Act as regional point of contact (POC) and aid communications as required
Manufacturing techniques & best practice
- Stay abreast of industry developments and technologies
- Define and implement best practice manufacturing techniques – actively seek to introduce best practice principles into new and existing manufacturing sequences
Post Launch Support
- Act as technical point of contact for the CM for all manufacturing queries, tasks and activities (part, process, equipment and tooling)
- Continually seek efficiency and quality improvements within current manufacturing process
- Identify and drive cost-down opportunities through material, design and process improvement
- Work with the UK manufacturing team to support capacity scale-up activities as demand increases
- Manage tool maintenance and repair activities, ensuring continuity of supply during downtime
- Monitoring production volumes and capacity constraints
Data Analysis
- Monitor and review production data
- Identifying areas for improvement
Requirements
- Good grounding in production, mechanical and/or electronics engineering
- Broad manufacturing experience across a range of materials and processes
- Knowledge of standard part and process qualification techniques
- Knowledge and practical application of Lean techniques
- Experience with an electro-mechanical assembly environment
- Experience of working alongside and managing global manufacturing partners across varying time zones and cultures
- Advanced English level (reading, writing, speaking and listening) to communicate on regular basis with HQ based in the UK
- Factory audit experience advantageous
- Flexibility to travel nationally to support product introduction and manage manufacturing improvements projects plus occasional overseas travel
- An ability to set expectations and stay calm and positive under pressure
- Ideally, time with a startup that has gone through the scaling process
Benefits
Why you should join us
We are all passionate about creating disruptive products that address the challenges that matter most to women and dismantling the taboo around women’s bodies. Here, you can be part of a business and brand that has a positive and meaningful impact on the world, all while learning a great deal and having fun.