Senior Mechanical Engineer, Digital Microscope, Lcm

Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future of microscopy for over 170 years by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we’re driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.

Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insight.

Leica Microsystems is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

**Senior Mechanical Engineer, Digital Microscope, LCM**

**Responsibilities**
- Generate and conceptualize new ideas for innovative solution
- Product development from prototype to manufacturing release
- Lead design review and iterations to optimize new solution for cost, process and quality
- Support engineering changes, kaizen & investigate design / quality issues
- Interact with suppliers and operations for design & tooling fabrication
- Support design review qualification process, verification & validation, PLM, BOM, technical documentation
- Comply and adhere to company Quality Management System and Environment, Health & Safety requirements.
- Participate in lean and continuous improvement initiatives and projects
- Hands-on experience in assembly of prototype modules and support finding root cause analysis
- Any other ad-hoc tasks assigned by supervisor

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in an R&D/manufacturing environment with at least 2 full product development cycles
- Experience in metal and plastic parts (aluminium die casting, solid machining, extrusion, sheet metal, plastic injection molding, jig & fixture and rapid prototyping)
- Exposure to PCBA, connectors, fasteners, EMI/EMC, wires/cables routing
- Working knowledge of Mechanical CAD, 3D modelling (preferably in Creo 4 or IDEAS)
- Able to conceptualize innovative design concepts & feasible solutions
- General understanding of optical system design and high precision mechanisms
- Knowledge of DFM and DFA concepts including Poka Yoke
- Prior working experience with industrial design, production process, sourcing, regulatory and quality functions
- Familiar with DFMEA & tolerance analysis stack-up calculations
- Good knowledge of mechanical drawings & dimensioning including GD&T
- Basic CAE simulations (stress & thermal) Ansys or Creo Simulate skills
- Exposure to lifecycle/reliability tests and system integration
- Experience in writing concise technical reports
- Some hands-on experience with product lifecycle management system
- Systematic in problem solving approach and creative thinker
- Good project management skills are advantageous
- Knowledge of IE 4.0 and industrial automation advantageous
- Language proficiency in English
- Minimal travel.

**Personal Trait Profile**
- Good communication skills with the ability to work independently within a team
- Take ownership
- Hardworking
- Responsible with initiative and drive
- Good time management
- Willing to take risk to find breakthrough in innovation

**Key Relationships**

**Internal**
- Manufacturing process operators, technician, engineers etc.
- Cross functional support managers, engineers and executive
- Local project manager, Hardware manager & R&D engineers from LMS

**External**
- Auditors
- Suppliers & ODM
- Heerbrugg R&D team
- Heerbrugg project managers

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When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher is committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and all voices are heard. We believe in our associates and the unique perspectives they bring to every challenge, which is why we’ll empower you to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful **Danaher Business System** tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace an