DFX & Engineering Manager Fluke Health Solutions Everett, WA, Posted ago
Listed on 2026-09-09
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Engineering
Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Quality Engineering
DFX & Engineering Manager
Operations Engineering
- Everett, Washington
- Full-time
Reports to:
Senior Director, Operations
Lead the newly-formed DFX & Engineering pillar at Fluke Health Solutions in Everett, Washington - where the test and calibration instruments your team builds help keep medical equipment safe in hospitals around the world. This is a build-it role: you will stand up a fourth engineering pillar, set the design-for-excellence (DFX) agenda across the portfolio, and shape how DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology work together to move the operational KPIs that drive the business.
Backed by the Fortive Business System and a product portfolio with real, quantified improvement headroom, you will have the mandate, the team, and the runway to make a visible impact - with a clear path toward senior operations leadership.
- Lead and develop the DFX & Engineering pillar (DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology) across the FHS biomedical portfolio.
- Own the design-for-excellence agenda - manufacturability, testability, yield, and cost - across new-product introduction and end-of-life.
- Own the engineering KPI bowler - first-pass yield, DPPM, and on-time delivery - and drive countermeasures wherever targets slip.
- Lead the Fortive Business System in the function (PSP, 3P, VRK, Standard Work, Daily Management) and build a strong hiring and talent-development plan.
- Partner across Quality, Materials, Production, Service, R&D, and HR to align engineering capacity to the operating plan and backlog.
Your team
You will lead a close-knit, cross-disciplinary team of roughly a dozen engineers based onsite in Everett - spanning DFX, test, software, and metrology - working hands-on across our lab and manufacturing floor. The team partners daily with Production, Quality, Materials, Service, and R&D, runs a continuous-improvement (Kaizen) cadence, and operates with a "be curious, not judgmental" problem-solving mindset. Because this is a newly-shaped pillar, you will have unusual influence over how it is built - while plugging into Fortive’s broader engineering and operations community across operating companies.
This role is considered a successor to the Director of Operations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or related); advanced degree a plus.
- 8+ years of engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, including leading or formally mentoring engineers.
- Demonstrated DFX / design-for-manufacturability leadership and ownership of operational KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD).
- Working fluency in a business system (Fortive Business System or equivalent Lean / Six Sigma).
- Experience in medical device or other ISO 9001 / 13485 / 17025 or FDA-regulated manufacturing.
- Builds and develops extraordinary teams; coaches and elevates engineers.
- Decisive and data-driven, with a bias to intelligent action.
- Strong cross-functional influence and clear communication.
- Curious and improvement-minded; comfortable leading change.
Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.
We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential - your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive,…
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