Mebane, North Carolina, United States · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs…
Skills: PFMEA, Control Plans, DOE, SPC, MSA
Milan, Lombardy, Italy · Hybrid
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: Customer Service, Call Center Operations, Microsoft Office Suite, CRM, ERP
Carlsbad, California, United States · On-site
$130k–$195k/yr
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: Talent Management, Succession Planning, Workforce Planning, HR Analytics, Project Management
Warrington, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work…
Skills: Laboratory Automation, VBScript, Python, Hardware Integration, Mechanical Design
Oakwood Village, Ohio, United States · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: Leadership, Execution, Customer Focus, Collaboration, Innovation
Oakwood Village, Ohio, United States · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world safer. As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will help d…
Skills: Embedded C, RTOS, Renesas Microcontrollers, Firmware Development, Hardware Bring-up
Monza, Lombardy, Italy · Hybrid
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking an outstanding Sr Manager, Finance to join our team. As a global leader in service science with re…
Skills: Commercial Finance, Strategic Alignment, Financial Oversight, Business Development, Deal Modeling
Singapore, Singapore · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Role Summary The Experience Design Center (XDC) at Thermo Fisher Scientific seeks a highly skilled Staff UX Design professional for a mid-l…
Skills: UX Design, Design Thinking, User Research, Heuristic Evaluation, User Journey Mapping
Brno, Southeast, Czechia · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office 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 …
Skills: Python, Pandas, Data Analysis, Dashboarding, Plotly
Singapore, Singapore · On-site
Work Schedule 12 hr shift/days Environmental Conditions Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work t…
Skills: Quality Assurance, GMP Compliance, Aseptic Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Sci…
Skills: GMP Manufacturing, Good Documentation Practices, Learning Management Systems, Microsoft Office Suite, Instructional Design
Brno, Southeast, Czechia · Hybrid
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Technical Troubleshooting, Technical Documentation
Allschwil, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: Project Coordination, Budget Management, Client Relationship Management, Risk Management, GMP/GxP Compliance
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid
Work Schedule Second Shift (Afternoons) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Join us as a Director Programming, make an Impact at the Forefront of Innovation Summary: The Director Programming provides operatio…
Skills: Leadership, Bioinformatics, Project Management, SAS Programming, Clinical Trials
India · Remote Solely
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Provides technical leadership and guides the Pharmacovigilance business to refine and automate business processes and establish system need…
Skills: Pharmacovigilance, Document Management, Workflow Automation, Safety Systems, Analytical Skills
Ciudad de México, Mexico · Remote OK
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Join us as IRT Project Manager in our Global Clinical Supplies Team – And leverage your advanced expertise to manage and optimize Interacti…
Skills: IRT Project Management, Clinical Supplies Management, Risk Mitigation, System Testing, Stakeholder Communication
Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands · On-site
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our coll…
Skills: Windows Server Administration, AWS, Azure, VMware, Hyper-V
Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands · Hybrid
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facia…
Skills: Project Management, GMP Compliance, CAPEX Project Management, Asset Lifecycle Management, Validation & Qualification
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania · On-site
$4k–$6k/mo
Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Apie „Thermo Fisher Scientific“ „Thermo Fisher Scientific“ kuriame sprendimus, padedančius žmonėms gyventi sveikesniame, švaresniame ir sau…
Skills: Validation Strategy, Equipment Qualification, Computer System Validation, People Management, GMP Compliance
Monza, Lombardy, Italy · On-site
Work Schedule 7 1/2 hr shift Environmental Conditions Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Laboratory …
Skills: HPLC, GC, FTIR, UV-VIS Spectrophotometry, GMP
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The Manufacturing Engineer owns process performance for assigned lines, driving equipment validation, automation integration, and continuous improvement. They are responsible for maintaining technical standard work and optimizing KPIs such as OEE, yield, and cycle time.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline with 2-5 years of experience. Proficiency in statistical tools, validation processes, and Lean/Six Sigma methodologies is essential.
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
The Manufacturing Engineer owns process performance for assigned lines/cells, driving equipment validation, automation integration, and continuous improvement to meet targets for OEE, first-pass yield, scrap, cycle time, and uptime. The role delivers robust technical standard work, quality controls, and data-driven problem solving to sustain reliable, compliant, and efficient operations. This role supports operations at Thermo Fisher’s state-of-the-art Mebane, NC Manufacturing Center for pipette tip production.
Process Ownership and Performance
Serve as the central technical owner and hub for the manufacturing cell, including molding and automation, coordinating cross-functional activities and decisions to achieve performance targets.
Own KPIs: OEE, first-pass yield, scrap rate, cycle time, changeover time, MTBF/MTTR.
Maintain technical Standard Work, work instructions, routings, and line balance to meet takt and safety requirements.
Perform bottleneck analysis and ergonomic assessments; implement improvements with quantified results.
Methods and Validation
Create and maintain PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flows, and risk-based reaction plans.
Plan and execute designed experiments and capability evaluations; establish and sustain appropriate control charts; drive Root Cause Countermeasure (RCCM) to close issues and prevent recurrence.
Plan and execute IQ/OQ/PQ and FAT/SAT (as applicable) aligned with process risk assessments and critical requirements.
Manage engineering changes with documented risk assessment and validation before release; prepare complete validation reports and production release packages.
Quality Systems and Compliance
Implement Good Documentation Practices (GDP); author and maintain MCPs, deviations, NCRs, and support CAPA.
Execute Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), including GR&R; maintain gauge inventory and calibration status.
Own Statistical Process Control (SPC): select chart types, set control limits, and define/react to out-of-control action plans.
Automation, Controls, and Reliability
Partner with controls engineering to specify, integrate, and sustain sensors, actuators, conveyors, pick-and-place, vision tools, HMI updates, PLC change requests, I/O checkout, and recipe/version control.
Collaborate with controls engineers and vendors to troubleshoot root causes, implement upgrades, and improve reliability.
Collaborate with Reliability Engineering on PM optimization and predictive strategies; analyze downtime data to drive MTBF/MTTR improvements.
Develop spares planning and rationale, in conjunction with Reliability Engineering, based on criticality, usage, and lead time; define reorder points/quantities aligned to OEE targets.
Kaizen, Readiness, and Projects
Lead targeted technical Kaizen events (VSM, SMED, 5S, Visual Management, A3 problem solving) from scope to sustainment, delivering measurable gains in throughput, changeover, quality, and safety.
Participate in design reviews; perform DFM/DFA and tolerance assessments; set process capability targets before design freeze.
Define manufacturing readiness gates and exit criteria, support plant startup and smooth transition from prototype to volume.
Develop project charters, schedules, and status updates; perform cost-benefit and business case analysis for CI and capital proposals.
Use MES/ERP for routings/BOMs, CMMS for maintenance tasks, and analysis tools (e.g., Minitab, Power BI) to build dashboards and data-driven insights.
Safety and Floor Support
Conduct Job Safety Analysis (JSA), ensure machine guarding compliance, and establish LOTO procedures; drive ergonomic risk reduction.
Provide hands-on technical floor support, on-call coverage during launches, and timely Andon/escalation response.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related Engineering Discipline.
2–5 years of manufacturing engineering experience
Proficiency in PFMEA, Control Plans, DOE, SPC, MSA (GR&R), and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).
Hands-on experience with automation and controls (vision systems, sensors, conveyors, pick-and-place, HMI/PLC change process).
Strong Lean/Six Sigma toolkit (VSM, SMED, 5S, A3 problem solving, Visual Management); data analysis and statistical skills.
Excellent technical writing for standard work and validation reports; effective cross-functional communication.
Preferred Qualifications
High-volume production experience in life sciences, injection molding, clean room, or regulated/heavily automated industries.
Proven track record of improving manufacturing performance using statistical methods and lean tools.
Certification(s): Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, CMfgE.
Experience with MES/ERP, CMMS, CAD and data tools (Minitab, Power BI).
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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. As 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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
Offices: 168 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA, US
About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.
Offices: 168 Third Avenue, Waltham, MA, US
