Product Lifecycle Engineer

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

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.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Position Summary:
Provide technical and operational support to the process development/ improvements/ sustaining efforts in a high volume, multi-product manufacturing environment. Individual will require to work with various functions to develop processes for new products and sustain and improve processes for existing products.

Position Responsibilities:
- Participates in process sustaining, definition and improvement, design, development and quality test activities- Participates in establishing operating process, equipment specifications and improvements- Troubleshoots production line issues related to yield, quality and throughput- Constructs and executes experiments to address yield and quality issues and drives implementation of solutions in a production environment to meet production goals- Conducts process optimization experiments for process release into production environment. Analyzes process test results, issues reports and makes technical recommendations- Works cross functionally with R&D, Manufacturing and Quality to develop processes for new products and improve processes of existing products- Defines technical requirements and procedures for manufacturing to process product

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

Position Requirements:
- Good documentation skills and ability to write procedures and training manual- Basic computer troubleshooting skills- Good inter-departmental communication skills- Demonstrated ability to work independently-
- Able to analyze data and make logical and rational conclusion- 2 - 5 years’ of relevant experience required- Experience in research product development and project management required- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail required- Able to work in manufacturing environment where there might be possible exposure to loud noise.- Able to identify components with different colors (using visual)

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

Preferred Experience/Education/Skills:
- Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Engineering/ Masters or equivalent in Chemical, Biochemical, Biochemistry and/or Bio-related field.- Work experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industries is desirable- Proficiency with chemical processes and analyses

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.