Automation Process Engineer, Precision Automation & Cable Assembly

Job Description

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% 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 and accuracy.
• Build and assemble machines, including mechanical framing, pneumatics, wiring, sensors, and safety systems, from concept through completion.
• Program and commission PLCs, HMIs, vision systems, cobots, dispensers, soldering robots, and crimpers.
• Fabricate prototype components using mills, lathes, drill presses, and 3D printers, and modify off-the-shelf parts as 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
• 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.

You Bring

We Offer

How to Apply

Send your resume, along with a 2-minute note or video, on one automation cell or machine you built, including 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.