R&D Engineer, Staff Job Description

R&D Engineer, Staff Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a R&D Engineer, Staff to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Design subsystems that are manufacturable, cost efficient, and robust. Collaborate with vendors to develop solutions that meet specification;
  • Interact with existing tooling in a hands-on capacity to perform maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and retrofits;
  • Collaborate with software, applications, and biology teams to define requirements, engineer, and implement solutions;
  • Define system hardware and software architecture, including electrical, mechanical, and communication interfaces for components to meet those goals.

Requirements:

  • Experience with creating requisite specification/documentation for FDA medical device filing;
  • Rudimentary machining proficiency (mill, lathe, hand tools);
  • Understanding of automation software development in embedded microcontrollers;
  • Strength/training in optics, microscopy, fluorescence microscopy;
  • Experience in designing components and subassemblies that comprise commercialized, life science instrumentation;
  • Building prototype design assemblies;
  • Basic programming skills in Python, MATLAB, etc;
  • Familiarity with optomechanical design, especially as it pertains to microscopy and fluorescence-based assay development;
  • Fluency in software used in mechanical CAD (Solidworks, ProE, Inventor or equivalent).