Staff Mechanical Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • Onsite

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. How will you make an impact? You will contribute significantly to driving innovation and excellence across our operations. You'll lead strategic initiatives to develop new products, optimize design, ensure quality, and generate value while working with advanced technologies that help make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Working closely with cross-functional teams including research, quality, supply chain and manufacturing, you'll focus on mechanical components and assemblies while ensuring strict quality standards and risk mitigation. This position offers opportunities to influence product design, drive engineering improvements, and collaborate with teams on breakthrough solutions. Location This is a fully onsite role based at our Sunnyvale, CA office. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline
• 8+ years of experience in product design, development, and manufacturing
• Experience navigating the tradeoffs and requirements of complex systems including writing requirements and balancing costs versus time to market
• Proficiency in value engineering, process development, and DFx methodologies
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in diverse environments
• Some international travel may be required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check and drug screen.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with high-end molded plastics or chemical handling
• Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers
• Leadership and mentoring experience
• Experience with failure analysis and cost modeling
• Project management experience
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (Creo or equivalent)
• Knowledge of phase gate development processes

Responsibilities

• Lead development of new mechanical products and systems
• Optimize designs for performance, cost, and manufacturability
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and risk mitigation
• Collaborate cross-functionally across R&D, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing
• Drive engineering improvements and innovation

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• 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, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• 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