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Technical Sourcing Mechanical Engineer III

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Madison, Wisconsin

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Software, Contract Manufacturing, Cost Control, Cost Modeling, Creo Elements/Pro, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanics, FDA (Food and Drug Administration), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), Leadership, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Cost, Mechanical Assembly, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Equipment, Medical Products, NSF Audio Formats, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), Physics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Procurement Strategy, Product Design, Product Development, Project/Program Management, Regulations, Reporting Skills, Research & Development (R&D), Revenue Growth, Risk Management, Sheet Metal Design, Software Design, SolidWorks, Sourcing Strategy, Technical Writing, Value Engineering, Vendor/Supplier Management, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Madison, Wisconsin
POSTED
30+ days ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Job Title: Technical Sourcing Mechanical Engineer III (TSE)

How will you make an impact?

The Staff Technical Sourcing Engineer (TSE) plays a pivotal role in our Global Value Assurance Organization. You will determine strategies for cost savings, cost avoidance, and revenue generation, while strictly ensuring risk mitigation and supplier quality. Your contributions will enable us to continue delivering world-class solutions that make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

What will you do?

  • Collaborate with R&D, product development, quality, procurement, and strategic sourcing to align the global sourcing strategy.
  • Successfully conduct cost reduction and manufacturing scale-up initiatives.
  • Resolve supplier quality issues to maintain our detailed production standards.
  • Focus primarily on mechanical components, assemblies, fabricated sheet metal parts, cast and machined parts, and OEM assemblies.
  • Travel up to 20% globally to support and coordinate supplier activities and projects.

How will you get here?

Education

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or Physics. Equivalent field are also acceptable.

Experience

  • BS with 5+ years experience, or, MS with 3+ years’ experience: hands on product design, product development, and manufacturing experience
  • Expertise in Mechanical assembly design or cast, machined, and sheet-metal part design.
  • Strong project management skills with a consistent track record.
  • Experience leading vendors, contract manufacturers, and design firms.
  • Proficiency in value engineering, process development, should-cost modeling, and DFA/DFM/DFx methodologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage electromechanical suppliers and contract manufacturers.
  • Knowledgeable in regulatory standards such as FDA, NSF, CSA, UL, ISO 13485 in the medical products industry.
  • Skilled in CAD Design software such as SolidWorks, Pro/e, or equivalent.
  • An understanding of phase gate development processes across diverse teams is helpful.
  • Medical devices experience is helpful.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Expertise in building should-cost models for sourced materials.
  • Ability to work independently under ambiguous demands within a global organization.
  • Demonstrated technical writing skills for producing detailed reports and documents.

About the Company

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.

All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
All
WEBSITE
https://corporate.thermofisher.com/en/home.html

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