Staff Engineer, Mechanical

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Pushing the boundaries of discovery

With more than 60 years of innovation and leadership, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. enables customers to find meaningful answers to questions that accelerate breakthrough discoveries and ultimately change the world! We design, manufacture, and support the broadest range of high-performance microscopy workflows that provide images and answers in the micro-, nano-, and picometer scales.

Combining hardware and software expertise in electron, ion, and light microscopy with deep application knowledge in the materials science, life sciences, electronics, and natural resources markets, our worldwide team is dedicated to our customers' pursuit of discovery and resolution to global challenges.

Check out these videos to get more insight into what it means to work on our sophisticated High-Tech Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM). These world-class tools are being developed and manufactured in our clean rooms in Eindhoven and Brno.

• Thermo Fisher Scientific Overview: [Link to video]
• Inside the FEI Titan Transmission Electron Microscope: [Link to video]
• How to make a microscope: [Link to video]

How Will You Make An Impact?

You will be joining our company as a Staff Engineer, Mechanical, working on sophisticated system development projects and leading the mechanical designs. Your role will play a crucial part in delivering high-quality results within project timelines and budgets. The decisions you make, along with your team's collaboration, will directly impact our business. This is a phenomenal opportunity to solve intricate mechanical problems and address the needs of our organization, aligning short-term objectives with long-term goals.

The Role

In this role, you will:

• Cascade mechanical specifications from higher-level requirements
• Lead and coordinate tasks of the mechanical engineers assigned to the project(s)
• Ensure meeting the standards of output quality by means of review mechanisms
• Lead complex problem-solving activities
• Develop world-class high-tech constructions with cost, specifications, and timing in mind
• Design for service, manufacturability, and reliability
• Support, steer, and empower internal and external mechanical designers
• Conduct FMEA and Safety Risk Assessments
• Define test plans and strategies
• Be the point of contact for multiple collaborators, including (sub)system architects

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you have:

• MSc degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of demonstrated ability with a proven track record of hardware-focused design activities
• Experience with high-tech mechanical constructions, preferably for Complex Capital Equipment
• Experience with Design Principles, High Precision Mechanics, Cryogenic designs, Mechatronic designs
• Excellent skills in tolerance analysis, FMEA, Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly, and Design of Experiments
• Multi-physics simulation experiences through effective use of Finite Element Methods
• Experience with UG-NX or other 3DCAD, TeamCenter

We are looking for candidates who are proactive, confident, and skilled at solving conceptual problems. You are not only a great communicator, but also a valuable standout colleague who can switch between high-level and detailed thinking. With determination and a focus on quality, cost, and time, you excel at meeting targets. Your strong analytical skills and practical approach make you adaptable in a complex product development setting. You have a strong sense of value and can effectively prioritize tasks.

Join Us

In addition to attractive benefits and competitive salary, we seek candidates who thrive in a diverse, multicultural, and multidisciplinary technology environment that values personal growth and collaboration as crucial factors for achieving success.

Diversity in our teams is an important element to build an effective and challenging working environment. Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement are key characteristics that we expect from all who are part of our community.