Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer (West Hills, CA)

ThermoFisher Scientific • West Hills, CA • 3h ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory Setting, Loud Noises (Equipment/Machinery), Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will discover meaningful work that positively impacts a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life daily to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, ensuring our food is safe, or helping find cures for cancer.

Discover Impactful Work:

We are seeking an expert Automation engineer to join Thermo Fisher's Transplant Diagnostics Engineering team where we operate at the intersection of manufacturing automation, and strategy deployment. You will own the design and development of advanced manufacturing technologies and digital tools to enable scalable solutions supporting Thermo Fisher Transplant Diagnostics team.

Location/Division Specific Information

On-site position located in West Hills, CA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

A day in the Life:

Lead initiatives to evaluate, design, and implement advanced manufacturing automation and digital systems (e.g., robotics, PLCs, automated liquid handling, machine vision, etc).

Partner with cross -functional sites teams, including R&D, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, and IT teams to support scale-up and automation of manufacturing processes.

Support engineering standard methodologies such as gathering requirements, design reviews, testing generation, and operational adoption.

Evaluate automation and digital use solutions for manufacturing by partnering with operations and group engineering teams and follow through by execution of these solutions.

Perform structured technology assessments taking into consideration VOC, technical requirements, cost, and other factors to drive platform alignment.

Guide teams on system integration using data brokers, UNS, SQL databases, and @contextualization platforms.

Review technical documents (requirements, design documents, FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ) and contribute to developing internal standards and playbooks.

Identify lessons learned and provide technical guidance to shape Thermo Fisher Transplant Diagnostic's long-term automation strategy.?

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Automation, or equivalent).

5+ years of experience with automation in diagnostics, medical devices, or life sciences manufacturing .

Project management experience a plus.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Additional Requirements.

Extensive knowledge of industrial control systems in lab automation systems (e.g., Tecan)

Strong understanding of automation architectures including edge/cloud integration

Experience in designing or deploying robotic technology

Hands-on experience with:

Data brokers and industrial protocols (e.g., Litmus, OPC UA, MQTT)

SQL-based systems and structured data models

Manufacturing data @contextualization and modeling

Scripting or query languages (e.g., Python, SQL, JSON)

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $113,500.00-$170,200.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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