System Engineer

System Engineer Req ID #:  164875 Location: 

Charleston, SC, US, 29407 For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

IMPORTANT:   In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process.  Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.    Job Summary  

We are seeking a System Engineer for our Microbial Solutions site located in Charleston, SC.

The System Engineer is responsible for analysing project requirements, both hardware/software, break it down to system requirement design and architecture to interact between subsystems and interfaces and not limited to developing the testing methodology to ensure a solid system design. As a System  Engineer, your role is to establish how failure modes can be identified earlier in the design process and data is propagated efficiently between applications/software modules, establish well defined API’s for inter and intra communication between and within systems and participate in the overall system architecture of software and instrument based solutions. There is opportunity to gain a deeper knowledge of various coding languages, tools, and frameworks including: C#, .NET, .NET CORE, Python, REST, SOAP API, Cloud integrations, sFTP, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and to make impactful contributions in the development of great products.

The following are the job duties & responsibilities related to the System Engineer:

•    Participate in design decisions for new and existing application development, proactively escalating issues with propose alternative solutions to overcome obstacles.

•    Responsible for on-call duties during peak and non-peak hours, deploying fixes or workaround, and handling high severity issues, identifying root cause analysis working with the cross-functional teams.

•    Prepare risk assessments with appropriate levels of detail to ensure the system integration complies to pharmaceutical laboratory expectations.

•    Defines and documents the actions needed to identify architecture gaps in support of business objectives.

•    Develop testing strategies that will challenge the designs and identify areas that need improvement.

•    Participate and assist in new feature integration and testing, to ensure a robust and high-quality product. 

•    Participate in designing system architectures that involves hardware/software and create system requirements specification and design documents.

•    Create and propose system deployment ideas to our innovative enterprise products. Job Qualifications The following are the minimum qualifications related to the System Engineer:

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Computer Science or equivalent Engineering skillset and work experience in Software Engineering

Experience: 

•     5 years of total experience including 1+ years of experience in creating and maintaining System Requirements Specification, failure mode detection hardware/software for engineering R&D.

•    Experience in designing and developing new or enhancing existing systems .

•    An understanding of how to translate complex systems into sub-components and optimizing the design of both.

•    Experience in a regulated software development environment is preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

•    Excellent critical systems integration thinking, attention to detail, ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects in a fast-paced, changing environment

•    Understanding systems architecture and skills to bridge gaps between systems not limited to hardware/software preferred

•    Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others and act

•    Azure DevOps and cloud experience is a plus

•    Possess a strong communication skill, including written, verbal and presentation in English

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Microbial Solutions

Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

Nearest Major Market: Charleston South Carolina

Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina

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