Manufacturing Engineer

Danaher•San Jose, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer supports operations, quality, maintenance, and engineering teams by optimizing processes, troubleshooting manufacturing issues, improving equipment and process performance, and leading continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations. The role calls for an understanding of life-science research equipment manufacturing, automation systems, data analysis, and structured problem-solving in a complex production environment. The position is part of the Manufacturing Engineering Team at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences in San Jose, California, and is on-site. It reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. The role supports product assembly and secondary manufacturing processes, manufacturing test equipment, production-process lifecycle activities, and cross-functional efforts to sustain long-term manufacturing performance and reliability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Process, Industrial, or related engineering field and 2+ years of experience, or a master’s degree and 0–2 years of experience in complex equipment manufacturing engineering or process engineering.
Demonstrated success troubleshooting and optimizing manufacturing processes in a low-volume, high-value production environment.
Strong understanding of process engineering principles, statistical analysis, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5-Why, Fishbone Analysis, SPC, and FMEA.
Ability to analyze complex technical problems and implement practical, data-driven solutions.
Experience with manufacturing automation, process controls, data collection systems, and industrial equipment.
Strong project management, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive business results.
Ability to lift, move, or carry equipment up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Visual Studio Code, Claude Code, or related programming and AI tools.

Responsibilities

Develop, optimize, and sustain product assembly and secondary manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
Troubleshoot process, equipment, tooling, material, and automation-related issues using structured problem-solving methods and manufacturing data and statistical analysis.
Improve process capability, reduce scrap, increase yield, and maximize production-resource effectiveness.
Lead root-cause investigations into quality defects, process deviations, equipment-related issues, and customer complaints.
Drive corrective and preventive actions, continuous improvement, and operational excellence initiatives focused on cycle time, waste, labor efficiency, capacity, and cost.
Support manufacturing test equipment and production-process lifecycle activities, including validation, qualification, installation, commissioning, startup, and operational readiness.
Collaborate with operations, maintenance, quality, supply chain, equipment suppliers, outside manufacturers, and material vendors to establish process standards, support new product introductions and engineering changes, and maintain manufacturing performance and reliability.