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A Braiding Assistant supports a professional braider by helping with tasks such as hair preparation, sectioning, detangling, and maintaining a clean workspace. They may also assist in applying products, handing tools, and ensuring customer comfort. This role is ideal for those gaining experience in hairstyling and can lead to a career as a professional braider. Strong attention to detail, good hand-eye coordination, and customer service skills are essential.

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A typical day for a Braiding Assistant involves preparing workstations, organizing braiding tools and hair products, pre-washing or detangling clients’ hair, and supporting stylists by sectioning hair or handing them supplies. You’ll interact frequently with both clients and senior braiders, helping to keep appointments running smoothly and maintaining a clean, welcoming environment. The role also requires quick adaptability, as schedules and tasks can change throughout the day depending on client needs. While the work is fast-paced and sometimes physically demanding, it offers valuable hands-on experience and opportunities to learn advanced braiding techniques from experienced professionals.

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To excel as a Braiding Assistant, you should have strong manual dexterity, attention to detail, and basic knowledge of hair care and sanitation practices. Familiarity with tools like combs, sectioning clips, and disinfecting agents is typically required, and some salons may prefer completion of a cosmetology program or relevant certification. Excellent communication, reliability, and a positive attitude are key soft skills that help you work well with both clients and stylists. These abilities are crucial for ensuring client satisfaction, maintaining a hygienic workspace, and supporting efficient salon operations.

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Senior Process Engineering Technician

Confluent Medical Technologies

Austin, TX • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 10 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Work closely with engineering to develop new process parameters, tooling, and methods for manufacturing.

  • Verify components meet specification requirements through benchtop, functional, and load testing.

  • Troubleshoot moderately complex issues on new processes, methods, equipment, or tooling and provide recommendations.

Job description

Job Description:
Confluent Medical Technologies is dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers, taking their projects from rapid prototype into high volume production. Our unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience and partnership with our clients has allowed us to perfect the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our primary capabilities include: Nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, delivery systems, biomedical textiles, access kits, and guidewires. We take pride in our position as the leader in the medical technology space and are driven by a passion to create products that our clients have envisioned for their customers.
We are looking for a Senior Process Engineering Technician to join our team in Austin, TX. As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will:
Responsibilities:
  • Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn new manufacturing processes, equipment, and technologies.
  • Work closely with engineering to develop new process parameters, tooling, and methods for manufacturing.
  • Work with and train other skilled technicians/operators in the assembly techniques, inspection methods and required documentation.
  • Work with engineers to streamline process to meet manufacturing build time, cost, and yield targets.
  • Research and leverage previous methods/processes/equipment/tooling on new applications.
  • Optimize process parameters for a variety of equipment, such as: hot boxes, braiders, coil winders, laminators, ovens, UV adhesive light welders, laser welders, and others.
  • Verify components meet specification requirements through benchtop, functional, and load testing.
  • Work with engineers to generate clear and concise work instructions, test methods, and visual standards.
  • Support DOE's to characterize process by collecting and analyzing data.
  • Communicate issues to engineering for collaborative continuous improvements.
  • Understands scope and expectations of study.
  • Understands design requirements for tooling/equipment.
  • Create spreadsheets to organize data, collect data, and graphically present data trends when applicable.
  • Able to generate written summary of data with observations. Able to generate BOM with cost and lead time estimates for tooling/equipment.
  • Provide input to technical discussions, able to communicate basic data evaluation and meaning.
  • Troubleshoot moderately complex issues on new processes/methods/equipment/tooling and provide recommendations.
  • Drive document changes through the quality management system
  • Adjust and modify processes/methods/equipment/tooling for new applications
  • Follow good manufacturing practices (GMP): line clearance, work instructions, lot travelers, etc.
  • Design and modify simple fixtures, tooling, and work holding using SolidWorks.
  • Create and maintain basic engineering drawings for fixtures, tooling, and manufacturing aids.
  • Assist engineers with prototype builds, root cause investigations, and process development activities.
  • Ability to independently identify problems, develop practical solutions, and implement process improvements with minimal supervision.

Education & Experience:
  • High school diploma, some college and a minimum of 8 years of directly related experience. AA or BS a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability with standard and challenging processes/methods/equipment/tooling related to catheter manufacturing.
  • Able to troubleshoot moderately complex issues on existing processes/method/equipment/tooling
  • Extremely hands on with strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify process/documentation errors, and quality concerns.
  • Ability to read engineering drawings and understand inspection requirements.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Knowledge of polymer materials, catheter processing equipment, and manufacturing processes.
  • General Knowledge of: Braiding, Adhesive Bonding, Lamination, Die Bonding, Machining, Injection Molding, Laser Welding, 3D Printing.
  • Knowledge of good manufacturing principles (GMP)
  • Attention to detail, Professional attitude, team player.
  • Experience with SolidWorks preferred
  • Experience creating simple manufacturing kdrawings and fixture designs preferred
  • Experience with rapid prototyping methods such as FDM or SLA 3D printing is a plus.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Excel for organizing, analyzing, and presenting manufacturing data.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with engineers, other technicians, and production personnel

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