Engineer 2, Product Lifecycle (Mechanical)

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At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

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Position Summary:

Responsible for supporting product transfer, instrument manufacturing, troubleshooting, failure analysis, quality improvement, process enhancement, cost reduction, engineering evaluation and system improvement.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support and drive activities to ensure successful product transfer into manufacturing.
• Drive troubleshooting, failure analysis, root cause analysis, issues closure and corrective action processes as required.
• Perform instrument setup, calibration and final system integration test.
• Establish and maintain databases of instrument failures and defects.
• Perform data trending analysis, construct and execute design of experiments to address yield and quality issues.
• Drive and implement process improvements and product sustaining activities to meet the production goals.
• Drive maintenance and improvement activities on test fixtures and equipment.
• Drive and implement cost reduction activities by perform engineering evaluation to qualify new or improved materials, processes and products.
• Apply various analysis techniques, such as FMEA and statistical analysis to optimize product quality and minimize cost, providing all calculations, performance data, and drawings required on new and existing products.
• Manage and coordinate Engineering Change Order implementation activities including scrap analysis, material disposition, update work instructions and test requirement changes.
• Documentation responsibilities include, but not limited to, generating detailed engineering drawings, Bill of Materials, test reports, assembly procedures and design validation plans.
• Work closely with contract manufacturing partners and key suppliers to ensure smooth transition of quality products from development into manufacturing.
• May require frequent travels to US.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master in Mechanical or Electro-mechanical Engineering. 
• 3+ years of engineering experience in mechanical or electro-mechanical based products for commercial and industrial markets.
• Good working knowledge and experience in mechanism design and electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy, and the ability to work independently in a team environment are essential.
• Good knowledge of GD&T, plastic & sheetmetal tooling, casting, mechanism, stress analysis, mechanics, machining and standard manufacturing processes.
• Candidate must be able to effectively interface well with the manufacturing and service organization, and has a proven track record of transferring products to manufacturing.
• Must possess good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficient in engineering tools such as, statistical analysis, design of experiments, product and process capability analysis.
• Proficient in Solidworks or 3D CAD tools.
• Experience with FDA regulated medical device product development preferred.
• Product development experience in the life sciences, biotech, biomedical or nanotechnology industries preferred.

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