Staff Engineer Mechanical

As a Staff Mechanical Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will play a crucial role in driving design improvements, resolving technical issues, and ensuring robust mechanical system performance for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments. Your contributions will be instrumental in sustaining engineering, value analysis/value engineering (VAVE), and lifecycle management initiatives. Here is a breakdown of your key responsibilities: - Mechanical Engineering Leadership: - Act as a technical lead for mechanical systems and subsystems, including assemblies, mechanisms, enclosures, and thermal/structural components. - Lead design, analysis, and troubleshooting of mechanical components and systems. - Drive root cause investigations for mechanical and system-level issues, including field failures and reliability concerns. - Support design trade-offs, material selection, and tolerance analysis to optimize performance, cost, and manufacturability. - Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Management: - Lead mechanical workstreams for sustaining activities, including design updates, component obsolescence, and supplier changes. - Ensure designs meet reliability, durability, and manufacturability requirements. - Partner with global teams to support knowledge transfer and maintain product continuity. - Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE): - Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities within mechanical designs and assemblies. - Collaborate with sourcing and manufacturing to evaluate alternative materials, components, and suppliers. - Drive design for cost and scalability across platforms. - System Integration & Technical Contribution: - Collaborate with systems, electrical, and software teams to ensure robust system integration. - Contribute to system requirements, interface definitions, and verification activities. - Provide input to technology and product roadmap discussions from a mechanical engineering perspective. - Global & Cross-Functional Collaboration: - Collaborate with global R&D teams to support technical alignment and knowledge transfer. - Partner with Business Unit Product Management to align engineering execution with product priorities. - Interface with manufacturing, quality, service, and sourcing to resolve issues and improve product performance. - Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building mechanical engineering capability within the team. As a qualified candidate, you should possess: - Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred. - 8+ years of experience in mechanical engineering for complex products or instrumentation. - Strong experience in mechanical design, CAD modeling, and tolerance analysis. - Proven ability in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and design improvements. - Experience working in cross-functional and global engineering teams. Preferred qualifications include: - Experience with life sciences or analytical instrumentation. - Experience with VAVE, cost optimization, and design for manufacturability (DFM/DFA). - Familiarity with thermal analysis, fluidics integration, or precision mechanisms. - Experience with regulated product development environments. - Ability to influence and collaborate across teams. Your role will have a significant impact as you serve as a technical lead for mechanical engineering initiatives, drive execution of sustaining engineering and VAVE efforts, contribute to system-level improvements, and support the growth of R&D capability in Hyderabad. As a Staff Mechanical Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will play a crucial role in driving design improvements, resolving technical issues, and ensuring robust mechanical system performance for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments. Your contributions will be instrumental in sustaining engineering, value analysis/value engineering (VAVE), and lifecycle management initiatives. Here is a breakdown of your key responsibilities: - Mechanical Engineering Leadership: - Act as a technical lead for mechanical systems and subsystems, including assemblies, mechanisms, enclosures, and thermal/structural components. - Lead design, analysis, and troubleshooting of mechanical components and systems. - Drive root cause investigations for mechanical and system-level issues, including field failures and reliability concerns. - Support design trade-offs, material selection, and tolerance analysis to optimize performance, cost, and manufacturability. - Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Management: - Lead mechanical workstreams for sustaining activities, including design updates, component obsolescence, and supplier changes. - Ensure designs meet reliability, durability, and manufacturability requirements. - Partner with global teams to support knowledge transfer and maintain product continuity. - **Value Analysis / Va