Manufacturing Engineer II

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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)  Environmental Conditions
Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position:
Manufacturing Engineer II

Schedule:

Monday - Friday 1st shift

Location/Division Specific Information:
The Chemical Analysis team serves a wide breath of industrial sectors including pharmaceutical, food and beverage, environmental, process minerals, mining, coal, cement and metals, as well as academic, government, safety, and security. This position will be based out of our  Tewksbury Plant in Massachusetts.

How Will You Make an Impact?:  You will use data analytics to identify and drive manufacturing and process improvement projects in our optical and elemental portable analytical products. You will also have an opportunity to lead internally developed and outsourced automation projects. Your manufacturing engineering experience, ability to solve issues and technical knowledge will help build a world class manufacturing organization producing our handheld diagnostic instruments.

A Day in the Life:
Operate as day-to-day manufacturing engineering resource for optical products
Drive root cause analysis and resolution on production failures
Develop process improvements driving operations cost savings and scrap reduction initiatives
Partner with quality engineering to analyze nonconforming material, identify trends and develop action plans
Support global manufacturing centers and act as engineering contact for optical contract manufacturer
Participate in new product introduction development and launching into production
Initiate engineering change orders to update/maintain documentation including work instructions and BOMs
Train technicians during the implementation of new processes or products
Design, develop and implement assembly/test fixtures to support production and automation initiatives

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Optics, Electro-Optics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Experience:

2+ years’ work experience in engineering capacity
Experienced with Excel and graphical representation of data
Automation experience with UR robots or another a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Multitask and complete tasks according to timelines
Communicate and collaborate across multiple departments
Knowledge of C# programming a plus

Physical Requirements / Work Environment    Work cell production floor environment. Some areas contain automation, class 3B lasers or X-Ray tubes.

What We Offer    Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.

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