Staff Engineer, Systems Design - CE/HID Platforms

<p style="text-align:left"><b>Work Schedule</b></p>Standard (Mon-Fri)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Environmental Conditions</b></p>Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><u>Job Description</u></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h3><b>How You’ll Make an Impact</b></h3><h3>As a Staff Systems Engineer supporting the CE and HID platforms, you will serve as the technical systems owner and subject matter expert for two on-market genetic analysis platforms manufactured at our Singapore site. While this role sits within R&amp;D, its primary focus is sustaining engineering — ensuring robust system performance, manufacturability, and product quality throughout the lifecycle of these platforms.</h3><h3>You will work at the intersection of R&amp;D, Manufacturing, Service, Quality, and Product Management, coordinating technical efforts across global teams to resolve manufacturing issues, investigate field quality events, identify VAVE opportunities, and develop system-level solutions that protect customer experience and business continuity. This is a hands-on role requiring deep system understanding, strong cross-functional leadership, and the ability to translate complex issues into practical, scalable engineering solutions.</h3><h3></h3><h3><b>What You’ll Do</b></h3><p><b>Platform Ownership &amp; Systems Expertise</b></p><ul><li>Develop and maintain deep system-level expertise for CE and HID platforms, spanning hardware, software, consumables, assays, and workflows.</li><li>Serve as the primary R&amp;D technical point of contact for sustaining, manufacturing, and on-market quality issues related to these platforms.</li><li>Own system-level understanding of performance margins, failure modes, and integration risks across subsystems.</li></ul><p><b>Sustaining Engineering &amp; Problem Solving</b></p><ul><li>Lead and coordinate sustaining engineering efforts for both platforms, including issue triage, root-cause analysis, and corrective action development.</li><li>Partner directly with Singapore-based Manufacturing and Tech Ops teams to resolve production issues, yield challenges, and field escalations.</li><li>Support deviation assessments, risk evaluations, and implementation of design or process improvements.</li><li>Drive timely containment and long-term solutions for on-market quality issues.</li><li>Lead system-level root cause investigations for manufacturing non-conformances, field quality issues, and reliability concerns.</li></ul><p><b>Manufacturing &amp; Site Support</b></p><ul><li>Partner closely with Singapore-based Manufacturing, Tech Ops, and Quality teams to support production, yield improvement, and issue resolution on the factory floor.</li><li>Provide on-site technical support for manufacturing issues as they arise, including hands-on system evaluation and integration testing.</li><li>Support design transfer, manufacturing readiness, and long-term manufacturability of the platforms.</li></ul><p><b>System Analysis &amp; Problem Solving</b></p><ul><li>Apply systems engineering tools and methodologies (e.g., RCA, FMEA, DOE, fault tree analysis) to complex, cross-disciplinary problems.</li><li>Perform system-level verification testing to validate fixes and ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability.</li><li>Evaluate design changes and manufacturing process updates for system-level impact and regulatory implications.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve platform robustness, manufacturing efficiency, and field reliability.</li><li>Clearly document analyses, decisions, and outcomes through technical reports, presentations, and reviews.</li></ul><p><b>Cross-Site &amp; Cross-Functional Collaboration</b></p><ul><li>Coordinate technical knowledge transfer and ongoing collaboration with subject matter experts located in the SF Bay Area and other global R&amp;D sites.</li><li>Work closely with CE and HID business unit Quality and Product Management teams to align technical solutions with business and regulatory needs.</li><li>Pull in additional R&amp;D technical resources (hardware, software, assay, reliability, service engineering) as needed to resolve complex system issues.</li></ul><p><b>Systems Engineering Practices</b></p><ul><li>Apply systems engineering principles to sustaining activities, including requirements understanding and management, interface management, risk analysis, and verification.</li><li>Develop system-level test strategies and verification plans to validate fixes and ensure no unintended impacts to performance, reliability, or compliance.</li><li>Document technical analyses, design rationales, and solutions clearly for cross-functional and regulatory audiences.</li></ul><h3></h3><h3><b>How You’ll Get Here</b></h3><p><b>Education &amp; Experience</b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Software) or Applied Physics with <b>10&#43; years</b> of relevant industry experience; <b>or</b></li><li>Master’s/Ph.D. with <b>5–7 years</b> of experience developing complex life science instrumentation or diagnostic systems.</li></ul><p><b>Technical Expertise</b></p><ul><li>Proven experience as a systems-level engineer supporting complex instruments through manufacturing and post-launch lifecycle phases.</li><li>Strong background in system integration, verification, and troubleshooting across hardware, software, optics, fluidics, and consumables.</li><li>Demonstrated use of systems engineering tools and methodologies such as requirements management, FMEA, DOE, RCA, and reliability analysis.</li><li>Experience working in regulated environments (ISO 13485, FDA QSR, CE-IVD) strongly preferred.</li><li>Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation, genetic analysis platforms, or forensic / sequencing systems is a plus.</li></ul><p><b>Interpersonal &amp; Leadership Attributes</b></p><ul><li>Self-directed engineer who thrives in ambiguous problem spaces and takes ownership of complex technical issues.</li><li>Strong communicator capable of bridging R&amp;D, Manufacturing, Service, Quality, and Product Management teams across geographies.</li><li>Comfortable influencing without authority through technical credibility and systems-level thinking.</li><li>Able to balance analytical depth with practical, execution-focused decision making.</li></ul><h3></h3><h3><b>Why Join Us</b></h3><p>You’ll play a critical role in sustaining and improving platforms that deliver real-world impact in human identification and genetic analysis. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll work alongside global experts, gain end-to-end platform ownership, and see your technical decisions directly influence manufacturing success and customer outcomes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>