Manufacturing Engineer III

Thermo Fisher Scientific • MD

89d • $91,700 - $137,500

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. Join our Manufacturing Engineering team as an Engineer III taking the lead in sustaining and advancing our commercial production operations. Drive process improvement, equipment design, development, and validation activities that support our high-impact products. This role includes the design, qualification, and implementation of automation, fixtures, and manufacturing processes within our Clinical Sequencing Division. Success requires strong technical expertise, relevant engineering experience, and proven experience working collaboratively in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical, Biomedical, Industrial, Electrical, or other Engineering field.
• 5+ years’ experience in an engineering role with direct manufacturing interface.
• Experience with programmable logic controllers, machine vision systems, and manufacturing automation.
• Prior exposure to regulated environments (FDA and ISO 13485) and equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ) is a plus.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of manufacturing and assembly equipment.
• Proven ability to conceptualize, design, and implement technical solutions that improve manufacturing safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Comfortable learning, troubleshooting, and optimizing a wide range of automated and semi-automated equipment.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or data-driven problem solving to eliminate waste and variation.
• Skilled in 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for designing fixtures, tooling, and system layouts.
• Excels at navigating complex manufacturing processes — identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement.
• Equally effective leading capital projects or getting hands-on on the production floor to support urgent needs.
• Clear communicator who can translate technical details into actionable insights for cross-functional partners.
• Builds strong relationships across cross-functional teams — thrives in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.
• Solid grasp of manufacturing and assembly processes, with the ability to collaborate on automation and equipment design projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and qualify manufacturing processes and equipment to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability.
• Lead full equipment lifecycle activities — from URS creation and vendor selection through FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ, and production release.
• Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to identify process gaps and implement data-driven improvements.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to design, specify, and integrate new automation or tooling solutions.
• Ensure product and process quality through robust test methods, process controls, and change management compliance.
• Assist with managing preventive maintenance programs and provide hands-on troubleshooting, repair, and operator training.
• Support off-shift manufacturing through participation in the on-call engineering rotation.
• Drive project execution and stakeholder alignment in cGMP and ISO-regulated environments.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Annual incentive plan bonus
• Healthcare and a range of employee benefits
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
• 10 paid holidays annually
• Paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
• Accident and life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees