Manufacturing Engineer Co-Op - Spring 2025

Location: Burlington, MA 

Reports to: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer 

Company Overview 

Fractyl is a metabolic therapeutics company focused on pioneering new approaches for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and obesity. Our goal is to transform metabolic disease treatment from chronic symptomatic management to durable disease-modifying therapies that target the organ-level root causes of T2D and obesity. We believe there is significant clinical and economic opportunity for new approaches to achieve a major leap forward with new disease-modifying strategies that are designed to target and potentially reverse root cause pathology of these diseases.

We have assembled a mission-driven team of innovators and experts in the root causes of metabolic disease, all united in their passion to develop breakthrough therapies—the type of therapies we would want for ourselves, our family members, and our loved ones with these diseases.

Position Overview

Fractyl Health has an opening for a Manufacturing Engineer Co-op who will contribute to projects related to the manufacturing of current and next generation medical device products. The position is in a small, cross-functional team of capable and experienced engineers who are working to optimize and scale the product manufacturing operations here at Fractyl Health. The Manufacturing Co-op will contribute to both catheter and console product groups, helping sustain the current generation of products, while also helping the R&D team develop the next generation of products. The Manufacturing Co-op will also work with R&D and Quality on various projects and initiatives; meeting performance, quality, and cost goals; while optimizing time to market for company products.

Primary Responsibilities

• The Manufacturing Co-op will support the manufacturing team in the following activities:
  • Clean room processes (Cleaning, bonding, general assembly)
  • Fixture design and fabrication
  • Equipment and process qualifications
  • Component and Assembly drawing specification generation and evaluation/testing
  • Validation and testing protocol generation, subsequent execution, and report writing
  • Manufacturing data acquisition and analysis including but not limited to scrap analysis, lean process implementation, process mapping, and component procurement.
  • Daily engineering support to both catheter and console teams and supply chain as needed.

Position Qualifications

Education requirements, certifications, etc

• Undergraduate degree enrolled in Mechanical, Plastics, Industrial, or Biomedical Engineering.

Experience requirements

• No full time experience is required; however, co-op and internship experience in an engineering field, preferably medical devices, is highly desirable.

Specific skills

• Proficiency with SolidWorks highly desirable. CAD experience essential.
• Demonstrable knowledge of commonly used catheter manufacturing processes.
• Hands on problem analysis and solving skills
• Knowledge of basic statistics and data analysis

The description and requirements outlined above are general; additional requirements may apply.