Equipment Engineer II

Adaptive Biotechnologies•Seattle, WA

About The Position

At Adaptive, we’re Powering the Age of Immune Medicine. Our goal is to harness the power of the adaptive immune system to transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated. As an Adapter, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives. With Adaptive, you’ll create a career highlight through collaboration with bright, curious colleagues working at the apex of innovation and application. It’s time for your next chapter. Discover your story with Adaptive. Position Overview The Equipment Engineer II supports a fleet of lab and facility equipment and demonstrates emerging strengths in Development or Operations capabilities, without direct supervision. This role may contribute through rapid service response to maintain instrument uptime, development and implementation of continuous improvement projects, deployment and control of laboratory solutions, and/or hardware and software integration of lab and facility equipment with LIMS or other management systems.

Requirements

Bachelors in engineering or science, 5+ yrs. related experience
Masters in science or engineering, 3+ yrs. related experience
PhD in Science or Engineering
Ability to author Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), equipment and method IQOQ plans and reports, and Change Control Requests (CCRs) and Design Input Requirements (DIRs)
Solid customer-first communication skills as a team representative
Experience working with commerical off-the-shelf benchtop lab equipment and automated liquid handling platforms (e.g., Hamilton, Tecan, Dynamic Devices, Formulatrix)
Ability to troubleshoot and solve engineering problems with structured approaches and suggest improvements (e.g. application of first principles, Lean Six Sigma)
Abilities for developing solutions for moderately complex problems, assessing risk and reward of engineering design decisions, using structured methodologies for troubleshooting, and multi-tasking on multiple projects.
Experience with laboratory integrations of hardware (e.g. liquid handlers, environmental sensors) with software platforms (e.g., LIMS, log management services, schedulers, orchestrators, etc.)
Effective communication skills as a leader of projects and a basic understanding of project management, especially with regards to risk identification and mitigation and adherence to deliverable timelines
Ability to gather requirements, optimize processes, and design lab solutions to support the business.
Strong record of authoring plans, protocols, and reports for equipment qualification and validation, design input requirements, and specifications consistent with customer needs
Experience developing and reporting metrics.

Nice To Haves

Experience 3+ years of using programming languages (e.g., VB, Python, C#, JavaScript) to enhance off-the-shelf functionality of lab and facility equipment; experience with version control systems (e.g, Git).
Experience with analytical and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, SQL, R)
Experience with laboratory operations (i.e. scaling and sustaining)
Experience with Agile or DevOps practices
Experience with molecular biology techniques (e.g., PCR, NGS, analytical QC)

Responsibilities

Performs preventative maintenance and calibration of complex lab equipment (e.g., liquid handlers, sequencers)
Supports hardware and software integrations with software platforms (e.g., LIMS, log management services, schedulers, orchestrators, etc.) with lab equipment (e.g., liquid handlers)
Supports Equipment Lifecycle Management processes and procedures by supporting and maintaining equipment records for traceability purposes
Participates in equipment and automation development lifecycles, with developing emphasis on specific lifecycle phases.
Drives ideation and implements continuous improvement ideas for relevant business and laboratory process step(s)
Coordinates routine maintenance and calibration of lab and facility equipment with external vendors and suppliers.
May support internal and external audits with review of equipment records and related procedures.
Trains end users and teammates with a customer-first mindset
Partners cross-functionally to propose and deploy equipment solutions that meet functional requirements and prioritize reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
Performs hardware and software integrations with software platforms (e.g., LIMS, log management services, schedulers, orchestrators, etc.) with lab equipment (e.g., liquid handlers) for enhanced capabilities or observability.
Supports equipment and automation development lifecycles, with emerging emphasis on multiple lifecycle phases.
Serves as a subject matter expert for relevant business and laboratory processes or equipment; drives ideation and implements continuous improvement projects for processes and workflows.
Consults and/or analyzes business cases for development and operations using a data-driven approach; may support service contract negotiations.
Prepares, reviews and approves documents (e.g., protocols, reports, nonconformances, risk assessments, change control requests) to ensure compliance in Quality environment.
Develops training programs for end users and serves as a technical coach or project lead for internal group projects.
All other duties as assigned.