Job Description

Job Description

Join the forefront of innovation in genetic analysis for research & clinical applications. Our teams develop platforms, consumables, and reagents that help bring criminals to justice, ensure reproductive health, accelerate disease research, advance methods for syndromic testing of infectious diseases and viruses, and keep the world2019s food supply safe. As the leading provider of genetic analysis solutions and leveraging the resources of a $24B enterprise, our technologies have great impact worldwide. And as a member of our team, you can play a critical role in helping us fulfill our global mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

How will you make an impact?

Staff Engineers are key to defining and developing instrument and consumable products in the Genetic Sciences Division. This individual leads system definition & system integration aspects of product development in collaboration with highly technical and specialized engineering professionals and scientists to develop instruments and applications for our world class qPCR, Capillary Electrophoresis, Rapid DNA, and Microarray platforms in both RUO and IVD markets

The Staff Engineer will have responsibility for providing direction and focus to drive Division objectives as follows:

* Exercise judgement and experience in qPCR to understand customer needs and goals to deliver on optimal product requirements on performance
* Partner with technical leads in chemistry, assay design, and system hardware to design products and conduct/facilitate performance trades between the different technical disciples to deliver optimized product performance
* Work with a team to develop new highly multiplexed IVD qPCR assays including data analysis, troubleshooting and optimization.
* Technical lead for troubleshooting interface between system and application challenges
* Contribute to data-driven decision making by designing multifactorial experiments, analyzing, and presenting results
* Partner with our Product Management teams to define system architecture and integration design, development, feasibility testing.
* Understand clinical customers and effectively translate their needs to product requirements
* Work with cross-functional subsystem owners to design and develop integrated systems from beginning to end of the clinical sample workflow(s) including leading stage gate design reviews, d/pFMEA processes, and design documentation.

Key experiences should include:

* Experience in the entire product development life cycle through customer care for qPCR based assays. (experience with QuantStudio product line and/or digital PCR is a plus)
* Experience in developing and analyzing multiplexed PCR and qPCR assays, with IVD (CE or FDA) experience as a plus
* Experience with nucleic acid sample extraction, purification, preparation and characterization from a variety of biological sources.
* Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to efficiently evaluate, prioritize and handle multiple programs/projects and priorities.
* Experience with robotic liquid handling systems (e.g. Tecan/Hamilton) would be a plus
* Fluidics or optics experience a plus.

Key people attributes:

* Fosters collaborative relationships and builds credibility across functions/teams
* Clear communication to product management and customer support teams

How will you get here?

Education:

* MS/Ph.D. degree in bioengineering or molecular biology or BS with equivalent experience.

Experience:

* 8+ years experience in a life science instrumentation, consumables, and assays in R&D setting, preferably in genomics
* 3+ years experience serving regulated markets in a commercial environment
* Track record of delivering successful RUO and IVD products with a thorough understanding of quality systems
* Demonstrated success working in a global matrixed-environment & willingness to travel up to 25%, domestic or internationally
* Demonstrated ability to effectively build and manage internal and external relationships at senior levels

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