Staff Mechanical Engineer

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today:  time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

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The Staff Mechanical Engineer is responsible for being the technical lead on Value Engineering projects, and Supplier Transitions focused on cost savings.

This position reports to the Procurement Engineering Manager and is part of the Global Procurement Engineering Team located in Indianapolis and will be an on-site role.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be the engineering lead for Value Engineering cost reduction redesign projects. This would include developing prototype ideas, drafting and getting approval on the Design Change Plan, performing verification testing, and transferring the new design to production.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Development, Quality, Compliance, Service, and Operations team, on the design changes. This role ensures that these design change projects are on track to project timelines, and helps solve project roadblock/hurdles as they come up.
• Be the engineering lead for supplier transitions. You would draft and get approval on Qualification Plans. You would work closely with the new supplier on their Component Qualification Reports and help answer any technical questions about the parts.
• Work closely with Supplier Quality and Procurement teams on supplier selections and qualification activities for these cost savings projects. You may also need to make print update/corrections via a Change Order.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or electro-mechanical engineering with 9+ years’ experience in product development and product engineering support role -OR- a Master’s degree with 7+ years’ experience
• Experienced in using SolidWorks (Surface Modeling, Motion, and simulation), Performing Tolerance Analysis, and GD&T
• Technical expertise in machining, die casting, extrusions, stamped metals, plastics, packaging, electronics, machine automation, linear motion

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – 5% of time typically to supplier sites.
• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 20lb.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience with instrumentation (equipment) design and integration including complex electro-mechanical systems, fluid handling, pneumatics, thermal systems, and/or optical systems
• Demonstrated capability to troubleshoot and improve mechanical and electromechanical systems using formal problem-solving methodology with analytical and statistical methods.
• Experience in dealing with design changes in a structured design control/change environment for medical devices.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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