Functioning as the Manufacturing interface with Engineering, Sourcing and Quality Assurance for supplier sourcing and supplier performance and participates or leads in Quality Control processes associated with setting appropriate raw material specification, test method development, product development, product sustaining engineering, automated inspection methods (CMM experience preferred), equipment and method validations, document development, and document and engineering change control. Frequent interaction with suppliers, intra-department interaction as well as, frequent inter-department interfaces with Purchasing, Quality Assurance, Instrument Manufacturing, Production Planning, Manufacturing Engineering, Research and Development (HW, SW, & Reagent), Cassette Manufacturing, Reagent Manufacturing, Reagent Quality Control and Document Control.