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Our Work Saves Lives

Work That Matters

Each member of our team has a direct impact on creating life-saving medical devices. From heart valve stents that keep blood pumping to the heart to balloon catheters that help open arteries, the technology developed and manufactured in our facilities by our employees saves the lives of people around the world. Start your career in the growing and rewarding field of Medical Device Manufacturing today.

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“To spend time on the floor as Confluent Chattanooga’s product is transformed from raw material to highly engineered tubing and components--that will hopefully help someone else’s parents, siblings, and kids live fuller, more fulfilling lives--is an honor that never gets old for me.”

“I love what I do because I know that my work contributes to improving people's lives. I like to learn a lot about different products and lines. I really love the way they work, and they give us the opportunity to train in other areas and lines to help improve and grow as a person. I hope to last a long time here.”

“My wife’s uncle had a rare form of Leukemia and sadly contracted COVID and passed in 2022. But unbeknownst to him, he had a small team at Confluent fighting for him to get into a clinical trial for a device that could have helped him that we help manufacture. Even though this story is sad, my coworkers went above and beyond to help my family and I am honored to work in the same facility that creates this life-saving device.”

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“To spend time on the floor as Confluent Chattanooga’s product is transformed from raw material to highly engineered tubing and components--that will hopefully help someone else’s parents, siblings, and kids live fuller, more fulfilling lives--is an honor that never gets old for me.”

Director of Technology Polymers, Chattanooga, TN

“I love what I do because I know that my work contributes to improving people's lives. I like to learn a lot about different products and lines. I really love the way they work, and they give us the opportunity to train in other areas and lines to help improve and grow as a person. I hope to last a long time here.”

Operations Associate I, Costa Rica

“My wife’s uncle had a rare form of Leukemia and sadly contracted COVID and passed in 2022. But unbeknownst to him, he had a small team at Confluent fighting for him to get into a clinical trial for a device that could have helped him that we help manufacture. Even though this story is sad, my coworkers went above and beyond to help my family and I am honored to work in the same facility that creates this life-saving device.”

Engineering Manager, Austin, TX

Shane's Full Testimony

Director of Technology Polymers, Chattanooga, TN

I love my work because I love to create and problem solve. I came by it naturally.

My Dad created his own business customizing (glass kits, closers, lock sets) and installing industrial metal doors like those found in hospitals, schools, and large office buildings. As a kid, I used to tell him he “smelled like nails” because of the hours he spent in the fabrication shop. To this day I love the smell of metal and have found connection to that upbringing through artistic welding. My mom was not a fabricator—but a tenacious and resourceful problem solver. Constrained by cash at one point—she pulled the carburetor off of her 1970’s yellow Ford Pinto and rebuilt it herself—before the days of YouTube and cell phone pictures, she did it with sketches that she made by hand at each step, to remind her of how it all went back together.

Today, I get the privilege of being part of a fantastic team that helps create life-saving medical device components and subassemblies. As with any sort of manufacturing process, be it hollow metal doors or highly engineered tubing, there are always problems to solve. I draw from the foundation of their hard work, tenacity, and resourcefulness when the circumstances at hand seem overwhelming. However, these same problems keep me challenged every day and present continual opportunities for personal growth and learning. This results in work in which the hours each day, and eventually the days each year, fly by.

To spend time on the floor as Confluent Chattanooga’s product is transformed from raw material to highly engineered tubing and components–that will hopefully help some else’s parents, siblings, and kids live fuller, more fulfilling lives–is an honor that never gets old for me.

And today I get to go home and hear how I “smell like Band-Aids”. If you have spent any time at our TN facility, you know what I mean. If not, please come and visit, we would love to introduce you to the fantastic team in Chattanooga!

Shane's Full Testimony

I love my work because I love to create and problem solve. I came by it naturally.

My Dad created his own business customizing (glass kits, closers, lock sets) and installing industrial metal doors like those found in hospitals, schools, and large office buildings. As a kid, I used to tell him he “smelled like nails” because of the hours he spent in the fabrication shop. To this day I love the smell of metal and have found connection to that upbringing through artistic welding. My mom was not a fabricator—but a tenacious and resourceful problem solver. Constrained by cash at one point—she pulled the carburetor off of her 1970’s yellow Ford Pinto and rebuilt it herself—before the days of YouTube and cell phone pictures, she did it with sketches that she made by hand at each step, to remind her of how it all went back together.

Today, I get the privilege of being part of a fantastic team that helps create life-saving medical device components and subassemblies. As with any sort of manufacturing process, be it hollow metal doors or highly engineered tubing, there are always problems to solve. I draw from the foundation of their hard work, tenacity, and resourcefulness when the circumstances at hand seem overwhelming. However, these same problems keep me challenged every day and present continual opportunities for personal growth and learning. This results in work in which the hours each day, and eventually the days each year, fly by.

To spend time on the floor as Confluent Chattanooga’s product is transformed from raw material to highly engineered tubing and components–that will hopefully help some else’s parents, siblings, and kids live fuller, more fulfilling lives–is an honor that never gets old for me.

And today I get to go home and hear how I “smell like Band-Aids”. If you have spent any time at our TN facility, you know what I mean. If not, please come and visit, we would love to introduce you to the fantastic team in Chattanooga!