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Staff Technical Sourcing Engineer

Job Id R-01305388 Job Type Full time Category Research & Development Remote Fully Onsite

We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity. With $1.4 billion invested annually in R&D, our collaborative and diverse teams have the resources they need to drive new discoveries and do cutting-edge research and develop important applications and tools that help millions of lives around the world.
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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Job Title: Staff Technical Sourcing Engineer (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 8+ years or equivalent experience or MS with 6+ or equivalent experience of hands-on product design, development, and manufacturing experience.or equivalent
  • 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.

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