Engineer II, Mechanical

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Location/Division Specific Information

IEC / LPD Division

Discover Impactful Work:

Creative Mechanical Engineer to work on all product lifecycle development stages from Research to Manufacture

A day in the Life:

• Design system and components that meet requirements, manufacturing/service needs and relative regulations.
• Support in design documentation & artifact presentation as per design process.
• Approaches problems in a rational manner and with best in class tools to ensure comprehensive understanding and effective resolution. 
• Continuously learns and grow technical depth and knowledge across product lines. 
• Communicate design detail with vendors and implement the theoretical designs.
• Evaluate designs’ performance and reliability with verification tests and fix bugs.
• Identify and contribute to Knowledge management opportunities for the products assigned with through guidance & mentorship
• Build necessary backup info for design concepts & trade off analysis. Execute on standardizations of mechanical design process, optimizes and popularizes design best practice. 
• Independently perform Design Calculations / Analysis by applying engineering fundamentals

Keys to Success:

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. 
• 4 – 10 years’ experience with Product Development execution, preferably from Lab Equipment, Home Appliances, Medical Devices domain
• Should be Conversant with Solidworks MCAD

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Solid understanding of Mechanical Engineering (Preferred) Principles (Structural, Theory of machines, Fluid Mechanics and Heat transfer etc.)
• Ability to run basic calculations to prove design
• Create Predictive Analytical models using Basic fundamental and validate using experimental testing for heat transfer equipments
• Contribute to design concepts, trade off analysis and does component selection to meet the technical specifications
• Contribute to design analysis and simulation for design optimization and confirmation to requirements
• Conduct testing as per test plans (including functional and regulatory test cases). Record test results
• Aware & can navigate through design and simulation tools. Learns different tools and intent with hands-on experience

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. A one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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