Manufacturing Engineer
Bring more to life.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to
- Develop, optimize, and sustain product assembly and support secondary manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
- Troubleshoot process, equipment, tooling, material, and automation-related issues using structured problem-solving methodologies, while leveraging manufacturing data and statistical analysis tools to improve process capability, reduce scrap, increase yield, and maximize production resource effectiveness.
- Lead root cause investigations for quality defects, process deviations, equipment-related issues, and customer complaints. Drive corrective and preventive actions, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational excellence efforts focused on cycle time reduction, waste elimination, labor efficiency, capacity expansion, and cost reduction.
- Support the full lifecycle of manufacturing test equipment and production processes, including validation, qualification, installation, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness activities.
- Partner with operations, maintenance, quality, supply chain, equipment suppliers, outside manufacturers, and material vendors to establish process standards, support new product introductions and engineering changes, and ensure long-term manufacturing performance and reliability.
The essential requirements of the job include
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- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Process, Industrial, or related field) with 2+ years of experience or Master's degree with 0 - 2 year's of experience in complex equipment manufacturing engineering, process engineering
- Demonstrated success troubleshooting and optimizing manufacturing processes in a low-volume, high-value production environment.
- Strong understanding of process engineering principles, statistical analysis, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5-Why, Fishbone Analysis, SPC, and FMEA, with the ability to analyze complex technical problems and implement practical, data-driven solutions.
- Experience working with manufacturing automation, process controls, data collection systems, and industrial equipment
- Strong project management, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills to effectively manage multiple priorities and drive business results.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements
- Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 25lb, and any other physical requirements
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in
- Experience with Visual Studio Code, Claude Code, or related programming and AI tools.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info .
The annual salary range for this role is $83,000 - $145,500. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law. Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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