Product Engineer

Neogen Corporation•Lansing, MI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a Product Engineering team that protects the performance, quality, and continuity of products used in food safety and microbiology applications. In this onsite role, you will apply hands-on microbiology experience and scientific problem-solving to improve commercialized products, support product and process changes, investigate technical issues, and help build future manufacturing and laboratory capability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
Hands-on laboratory experience applying microbiological principles in a technical setting.
Experience developing, executing, and interpreting scientific studies or experiments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to work onsite and collaborate with laboratory, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of relevant industry, research, or manufacturing experience.
Experience with food safety microbiology, diagnostic products, culture-based methods, method development, or verification and validation studies.
Experience supporting commercialized products or regulated manufacturing operations.
Experience with statistics, Design of Experiments, trend analysis, or process capability tools.
Experience with specifications, material qualifications, Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

Develop, execute, and analyze experimental plans to support product improvements, process changes, technical investigations, and verification activities.
Use microbiological principles, scientific methods, and data analysis to evaluate product and process performance.
Own defined project workstreams and move technical work from testing through conclusions, recommendations, and implementation support.
Support material qualifications, manufacturing changes or transfers, product refreshes, and continuity-of-supply projects.
Contribute data and technical rationale to Design Specification Records, product standards, and material or supply specifications.
Partner across functions to investigate issues and implement improvements.
Prepare clear protocols, technical reports, and presentations.
Support a Lean Six Sigma-oriented continuous improvement culture by using data and structured problem solving to improve quality, service, cost, process capability, and ways of working.