Engineer III - Mechanical

As a part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will be contributing to meaningful work that positively impacts the global community. By joining the team, you will be assisting in enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Your role will involve supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments in Hyderabad. Key Responsibilities: - Mechanical Design & Development - Design, develop, and support mechanical components and assemblies such as mechanisms, enclosures, and structural elements. - Own subsystems or modules, including design, CAD modeling, detailing, and documentation. - Perform tolerance analysis, material selection, and design optimization to meet performance and manufacturability requirements. - Support prototyping, testing, and design verification activities. - Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Support - Execute sustaining activities including design updates, ECO implementation, and component obsolescence management. - Perform root cause analysis of field and production issues and implement corrective actions. - Support validation and qualification of mechanical design changes. - Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) - Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities within mechanical designs and assemblies. - Evaluate alternative materials, components, and manufacturing processes in collaboration with senior engineers. - Support design for manufacturability (DFM/DFA) and cost optimization initiatives. - System Integration & Technical Contribution - Collaborate with systems, electrical, and firmware teams to support system integration and troubleshooting. - Contribute to system requirements, interface definitions, and verification activities. - Participate in design reviews and technical discussions, providing data-driven input. - Global & Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work with global R&D teams to support knowledge transfer and ongoing product support. - Partner with manufacturing, quality, service, and sourcing teams to resolve issues and improve product performance. - Collaborate with Business Unit Product Management to support execution aligned with product priorities. Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. - 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering for complex products or systems. - Strong experience with CAD tools and mechanical design principles. - Experience in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and hands-on problem solving. - Experience working in cross-functional engineering environments. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with life sciences or analytical instrumentation. - Experience with DFM/DFA, cost optimization, and VAVE initiatives. - Familiarity with precision mechanisms, fluidics integration, or thermal design. - Experience with testing, validation, and product lifecycle support. - Exposure to regulated product development environments. In this role, you will own and deliver mechanical subsystem solutions, drive the execution of design updates, issue resolution, and validation activities. Additionally, you will contribute to product performance, reliability, and cost improvements while supporting the development of R&D capability in Hyderabad. As a part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will be contributing to meaningful work that positively impacts the global community. By joining the team, you will be assisting in enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Your role will involve supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments in Hyderabad. Key Responsibilities: - Mechanical Design & Development - Design, develop, and support mechanical components and assemblies such as mechanisms, enclosures, and structural elements. - Own subsystems or modules, including design, CAD modeling, detailing, and documentation. - Perform tolerance analysis, material selection, and design optimization to meet performance and manufacturability requirements. - Support prototyping, testing, and design verification activities. - Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Support - Execute sustaining activities including design updates, ECO implementation, and component obsolescence management. - Perform root cause analysis of field and production issues and implement corrective actions. - Support validation and qualification of mechanical design changes. - Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) - Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities within mechanical designs and assemblies. - Evaluate alternative materials, components, and manufacturing processes in collaboration with senior engineers. - Support design for manufacturability (DFM/DFA) and cost optimization initiatives. - **Sys