Senior Systems Engineer

Bring more to life.

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

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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.
As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory's role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making-we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for design change analysis, analyzing system requirements, assessing design risks, testing, and making design changes for medical diagnostics instruments.

You will be a part of the Value Engineering team and report to the Senior Manager responsible for Value Engineering, Product Reliability and End-of-Life component management for legacy hardware products. This position will be onsite in Chaska, MN.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Effectively manage project lifecycles, including analyzing requirements, developing test plans, creating project schedules, and tracking project status.
• Ability to facilitate design reviews for hardware changes to legacy products and conduct thorough bench and system-level testing to ensure functionality.
• Strong analytical skills, to analyze and interpret experimental data to formulate conclusions and make sound recommendations.
• Excels at both supporting and leading cross-functional teams. And effectively collaborate with other groups to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and R&D requirements and standard methodologies. And must be able to apply this knowledge to ensure adherence to quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Reliability, or Systems Engineering (BS + 5 years or MS + 3 years of relevant experience).
• 4+ years of engineering experience, preferably in electro-mechanical, fluidics, medical devices, or aerospace environments.
• Experience working with software-controlled systems or products.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in product testing, requirements interpretation, and system design and verification.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with ability to travel periodically to support projects across global business units.

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

• Experience with design change processes or new product development
• Experience with the DFMEA process.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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.

The annual salary range for this role is $110K - $135K . This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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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