Clinical Systems Reliability Engineer — Data-Driven Uptime

Waters; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holidays

Employer pension contribution

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical

Job summary

Waters is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead initiatives improving reliability, serviceability and customer experience across Clinical and IVD systems. You will collaborate with systems engineering, hardware, software, manufacturing, quality and service teams to drive product improvements through the development lifecycle.

Role requires extensive experience in reliability engineering and analytics, with a focus on diagnostics, healthcare workflows and regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master's degree or advanced technical qualification desirable but not essential.
• Significant experience in systems engineering, product development, reliability engineering, service engineering or a related discipline involving complex technical products.
• Experience working with integrated systems comprising hardware, software, electronics, mechanics and automation technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable improvements in product quality, performance, reliability or customer outcomes.
• Experience using field performance data, customer insights or service information to influence engineering decisions and product improvements.
• Experience working across engineering, quality, manufacturing and service organisations.
• Experience within diagnostics, medical devices, laboratory automation, life sciences, analytical instrumentation or other highly regulated industries would be advantageous.
• Familiarity with Clinical and IVD workflows, laboratory operations or regulated healthcare environments is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives that improve reliability, serviceability and customer experience across Waters Clinical and IVD systems.
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities for product improvement throughout the development lifecycle.
• Analyse product performance and service data to identify trends and root causes for strategic improvements.
• Develop data-driven methods for performance monitoring, predictive analytics and system health assessment.
• Influence architecture, requirements and design decisions to embed reliability early in development.
• Lead investigations into complex technical issues and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders to influence product strategy.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Systems thinking

Data analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree desirable

Tools

Python

Power BI

Minitab

Excel

MATLAB

Job description

Waters is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to lead initiatives improving reliability, serviceability and customer experience across Clinical and IVD systems. You will collaborate with systems engineering, hardware, software, manufacturing, quality and service teams to drive product improvements through the development lifecycle.

Role requires extensive experience in reliability engineering and analytics, with a focus on diagnostics, healthcare workflows and regulated environments.