Manufacturing Equipment​/Process 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.

Step into a role where your expertise keeps innovation moving. As an Equipment/Process Engineer II on Illumina’s Metrology team, you’ll be at the heart of Flow Cell Manufacturing—owning and maintaining critical equipment, ensuring smooth operations, and driving the introduction and scale-up of new products and technologies. This is a chance to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment that supports multiple cutting-edge processes, helping Illumina deliver its complex product pipeline reliably and sustainably.

If you’re passionate about precision, problem-solving, and making an impact in genomics, this is where your skills will shape the future.

• Learn and understand new instruments and create a maintenance programs to provide continually improving equipment availability

• Work with engineers to develop and implement procedures to reduce or eliminate sources of systematic equipment failures

• Install new equipment and work with facilities on associated prep

• Participate in tool down select (especially around tool automation), work with vendors during equipment design phase, and improve support for manufacturing instruments

• Data-mining large datasets to uncover sources of systematic error

• Understand basic internal instrument communication (RS232, PLC, IO)

• Create innovative solutions to technical problems

• Perform basic computer repair functions

• Work with lasers and laser alignment

• Able to learn or execute basic scripting and data analysis

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs

• Advanced electronics trouble-shooting including reading of schematics

• High level of familiarity with lasers, laser-optics, electro-optics, electronics or related technical field required

• Perform investigations

• Ability to learn and understand component level failures in large instruments

• Computer trouble-shooting and repair (preferred experience with Microsoft Windows)

• Ability to communicate and document equipment issues

• Ability to learn new tasks quickly

• Demonstrated continuous improved performance of instruments and ability to communicate these improvements to process and R&D engineers

• Demonstrated experience with hands on design and troubleshooting needs to be clearly demonstrated for these candidates

• Experience with Semiconductor equipment and Fab best practices

• Excellent familiarity with standard laboratory practices

• Experience sourcing instrument components from non-OEM suppliers

• Knowledge and skills typically acquired through previous positions in fast-paced corporate environments which involved responsibility for similar work

• Travel up to 10%

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

• Bachelor’s degree with 3–5 years of related experience, or equivalent work experience

• Hands‑on experience with optics and camera systems

• Proficiency in data analysis using tools such as JMP

• Strong expertise in evaluating and ensuring precision of metrology equipment and measurement systems

• GMP experience highly preferred

• Familiarity with PLC systems

The estimated base salary range for the Manufacturing Equipment/Process Engineer 2 role based in the United States of America is: $73,400 - $110,200. Should the level or location of the role change during the…