Product Engineer 2, Product Lifecycle

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Position Summary:

We are looking for driven, motivated Product Engineers to join our growing Life Cycle Management (LCM) team to support the development and manufacture of sequencing and genotyping consumables.  The Product Engineer will partner with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Support and R&D to sustain and improve delivered products, ensuring our customers are getting the best consumables on the market.

Responsibilities:

• Characterize product health and develop key metrics to drive efficiency and robustness improvements in manufacturing

• Participate in advanced analytics for process and subsequent product improvement and customer experience

• Collaborate with Development, Process Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and other departments as needed to address issues with manufacturing yield and quality

• Develop and implement new processes and tools to provide product manufacturing data to the company

• Provide expertise for product manufacture and serve as the point of contact for manufacturing and product health issues

• Provide technical input on information system architecture

• Assist in defining technical requirements for new products

• Support continuous improvement and site transfer project activities

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.

Preferred Requirements:

• Extremely good data analysis skills and a logical approach to problem solving

• Ability to understand data in whatever format it's presented, and effectively use it to communicate a story and drive action

• Strong programming skills (SQL, R (dplyr, dbplyr, tidyverse) preferred) and statistical knowledge (DOEs, statistical analysis, t-tests, ANOVA, sample size calculation etc.)

• Experienced in visualization tools e.g. Tableau, ggplot2 package and shiny

• Expert user of Excel, proficient in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint

• Familiarity with Statistical Process Control and DOE techniques

• Big data experience (including HPC, distributed computing, AWS Redshift) is a plus

• Experience with product development or assay development is a plus.

• Experience with either of the following technologies is a plus: Microarrays or gene sequencing

• Experience in one or more of the following fields is a plus: Oligo Manufacturing, Reagent Formulation, MEMS/Semiconductor Fabrication, or other high-tech, high-volume consumables manufacturing

Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to work with ambiguous requirements, adapt quickly, and learn

• Detail-oriented, proactive, works independently, works well with others

• High degree of initiative and ownership, as well as a proven history of delivering results while working with several different departments in a fast-paced environment

• Strong organizational skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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

Preferred Experience/Education:

• BS/MS/PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnical Engineering, or related field

• Or BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or related field with strong knowledge of biology and chemistry

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