Staff Technical Sourcing Engineer (TSE), Electrical

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Hillsboro, OR

7d • Onsite

About The Position

How will you make an impact? The Staff Technical Sourcing Engineer (TSE) plays a pivotal role in our Global Value Assurance Organization. You will determine strategies for cost savings, cost avoidance, and revenue generation, while strictly ensuring risk mitigation and supplier quality. Your contributions will enable us to continue delivering world-class solutions that make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. What will you do? Collaborate with R&D, product development, quality, procurement, and strategic sourcing to align the global sourcing strategy. Successfully conduct cost reduction and manufacturing scale-up initiatives. Resolve supplier quality issues to maintain our detailed production standards. Focus primarily on electrical and electro-mechanical components, assemblies and OEM assemblies. Manage own projects through entire project lifecycle Travel up to 20% globally to support and coordinate supplier activities and projects. How will you get here? Education Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or Physics. Equivalent field are also acceptable. Experience BS with 8+ years or equivalent experience or MS with 6+ or equivalent experience of hands-on product design, development, and manufacturing experience. Equivalent experience can substitute for formal degree. Expertise in Electrical and Electro-mechanical component and assembly design and manufacturing process. Expertise in panel layout and schematic design. Experience with electrical and electro-mechanical components in systems design Experience with Particle Optics components and assemblies. Strong project management skills with a consistent track record. Ability to engage with and report out to key stakeholders Experience leading vendors, contract manufacturers, and design firms. Proficiency in value engineering, process development, should-cost modeling, and DFA/DFM/DFx methodologies. Demonstrated ability to manage electromechanical suppliers and contract manufacturers. Knowledgeable in regulatory standards such as FDA, NSF, CSA, UL, ISO 13485 in the medical products industry. Skilled in CAD Design software such as SolidWorks, Pro/e, or equivalent. An understanding of phase gate development processes across diverse teams is helpful. Medical devices experience is helpful. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Expertise in building should-cost models for sourced materials. Ability to work independently under ambiguous demands within a global organization. Demonstrated technical writing skills for producing detailed reports and documents. Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or Physics. Equivalent field are also acceptable.
• BS with 8+ years or equivalent experience or MS with 6+ or equivalent experience of hands-on product design, development, and manufacturing experience. Equivalent experience can substitute for formal degree.
• Expertise in Electrical and Electro-mechanical component and assembly design and manufacturing process.
• Expertise in panel layout and schematic design.
• Experience with electrical and electro-mechanical components in systems design
• Experience with Particle Optics components and assemblies.
• Strong project management skills with a consistent track record.
• Ability to engage with and report out to key stakeholders
• Experience leading vendors, contract manufacturers, and design firms.
• Proficiency in value engineering, process development, should-cost modeling, and DFA/DFM/DFx methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage electromechanical suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Knowledgeable in regulatory standards such as FDA, NSF, CSA, UL, ISO 13485 in the medical products industry.
• Skilled in CAD Design software such as SolidWorks, Pro/e, or equivalent.
• Expertise in building should-cost models for sourced materials.
• Ability to work independently under ambiguous demands within a global organization.
• Demonstrated technical writing skills for producing detailed reports and documents.

Nice To Haves

• An understanding of phase gate development processes across diverse teams is helpful.
• Medical devices experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with R&D, product development, quality, procurement, and strategic sourcing to align the global sourcing strategy.
• Successfully conduct cost reduction and manufacturing scale-up initiatives.
• Resolve supplier quality issues to maintain our detailed production standards.
• Focus primarily on electrical and electro-mechanical components, assemblies and OEM assemblies.
• Manage own projects through entire project lifecycle
• Travel up to 20% globally to support and coordinate supplier activities and projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees