San Jose, CA, USA
42 days ago
Senior Systems Engineer

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Salary Range: $125,700 - 188,500 base salary depending on experience and qualifications

Position Summary:
We great opportunity for a hands-on Senior System Engineer that will report into the New Product Development Engineering group. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing group in a role that can highly impact the organization. The team is a highly motivated and collaborative group that is empowered to innovate.

The Senior System Engineer will focus on all system level engineering activities for new and existing products including, but not limited to, requirements development, integration, system verification testing, automation development, data mining & analysis, characterization, troubleshooting, process development, and design transfer.

This position involves the following responsibilities & skills:

Hands on experience with prototype & alpha phases of a complex hardware consumable and instrument product development cycle

Contribute and influence development design from a system level

Experience with development and system integration of an opto-mechanical instrument that requires multi-engineering disciplines

Ability for meticulous hands-on assembly, and or disassembly of instruments, consumables, and fixtures

Ability to do troubleshooting from system level down to low level to understand root cause failure modes

Experience in V&V, including but not limited to, writing test plans, executing tests, and summarizing results

Effective communication across functional teams such as marketing, quality, manufacturing and field support team

Willingness to support manufacturing and field teams in sustaining existing product lines  

Some experience in project management

Eagerness to coach more junior members though design, development, and troubleshooting

Collaborative personality

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree in relevant field of study required.

5-10+ years relevant work experience in complex instruments/systems/hardware consumables involving integration of mechanical/electrical/optical/software components and subsystems. Strong multidisciplinary technical skills are essential.

Experience in automation & engineering statistical data analysis is a plus

Some software skills/experiences preferred (Python, LabView, PLC, Java)

Some experience in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems

Why Join Bio-Techne:

We offer competitive salaries along with extensive medical, vision, and dental plans for you and your family starting on day one!

We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k matching and an employee stock purchase plan.

We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.

We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. 

We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table. 


All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

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