DFX & Engineering Manager

Fortive • Everett, WA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Lead the newly-formed DFX & Engineering pillar at Fluke Health Solutions in Everett, Washington. This role involves standing up a fourth engineering pillar, setting the design-for-excellence (DFX) agenda across the portfolio, and shaping how DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology work together to drive operational KPIs. The position is backed by the Fortive Business System and offers a clear path toward senior operations leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or related).
• 8+ years of engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated DFX / design-for-manufacturability leadership.
• Ownership of operational KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD).
• Working fluency in a business system (Fortive Business System or equivalent Lean / Six Sigma).
• Experience in medical device or other ISO 9001 / 13485 / 17025 or FDA-regulated manufacturing.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree a plus.
• Leading or formally mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the DFX & Engineering pillar (DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology) across the FHS biomedical portfolio.
• Own the design-for-excellence agenda — manufacturability, testability, yield, and cost — across new-product introduction and end-of-life.
• Own the engineering KPI bowler — first-pass yield, DPPM, and on-time delivery — and drive countermeasures wherever targets slip.
• Lead the Fortive Business System in the function (PSP, 3P, VRK, Standard Work, Daily Management) and build a strong hiring and talent-development plan.
• Partner across Quality, Materials, Production, Service, R&D, and HR to align engineering capacity to the operating plan and backlog.
• Lead a close-knit, cross-disciplinary team of roughly a dozen engineers based onsite in Everett — spanning DFX, test, software, and metrology — working hands-on across our lab and manufacturing floor.
• Partner daily with Production, Quality, Materials, Service, and R&D.
• Run a continuous-improvement (Kaizen) cadence.
• Operate with a “be curious, not judgmental” problem-solving mindset.
• Influence how the DFX & Engineering pillar is built.
• Plug into Fortive’s broader engineering and operations community across operating companies.

Benefits

• The opportunity to lead a newly-formed engineering pillar.
• The chance to shape how DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology work together.
• Backed by the Fortive Business System.
• A product portfolio with real, quantified improvement headroom.
• Mandate, team, and runway to make a visible impact.
• Clear path toward senior operations leadership.
• Unusual influence over how the pillar is built.
• Plugging into Fortive’s broader engineering and operations community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior