Mechanical Engineer

Waters Corporation • Milford, MA

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About The Position

Waters is seeking a Reliability Engineer II to join the Milford Operations Engineering organization. The Reliability Engineering team ensures the robustness and longevity of products in typical customer applications. It works with the Instrument Development Group to evaluate new products and with Continuing Engineering on enhancements to existing products. The engineer helps define reliability goals, develop evaluation plans, assess risk, and facilitate design improvements with project teams. The role combines hands-on and office-based work in a highly interactive environment and may include supervising engineering technicians, coordinating transactional activity with other functions, and interfacing with suppliers. The engineer collaborates with Quality, Production, Machining Operations, and other engineering disciplines to help ensure processes meet current cGMP and ISO 13484 standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
• At least 3 years of experience, preferably working on electro-mechanical scientific instrumentation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to interact at all levels.
• Attention to detail.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Strong troubleshooting and investigative skills.
• Ability to use a PC and applications for data acquisition, analysis, and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a laboratory environment.
• Knowledge of engineering and statistical modeling software such as MATLAB or Minitab.

Responsibilities

• Provide reliability engineering input, including evaluation strategies and schedules, as a member of LC system new product development teams.
• Support enhancements to existing products with Continuing Engineering throughout development, testing, and implementation.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to identify in-house problems, implement solutions, and support reliability initiatives and continuous improvement.
• Conduct risk assessments and generate test plans to evaluate products and components.
• Analyze failure rates, failure modes, and failure mechanisms to determine root causes and support robust product design.
• Communicate findings to project teams and Operations Management Teams through written communications and technical presentations.
• Manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Use statistics and problem-solving skills to understand physical and practical relationships.
• Potentially supervise engineering technicians, coordinate transactional activity with other functions, and interface with suppliers.

What This Job Offers

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