Systems Engineer - Assay Integration

internationalcareers-waters; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holidays

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Private medical

Job summary

Waters Corporation in the United Kingdom seeks a Systems Engineer - Assay Integration to bridge assay development with analyser engineering, delivering integrated LC-MS diagnostics.

You will work across assay science, software and quality teams to translate needs into system requirements and drive verification and validation activities for commercial deployment.

Qualifications

• Translate customer, clinical and business needs into clear, traceable technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage assay requirements throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet customer, clinical and business needs.
• Act as the key technical link between Assay Development and Analyser Engineering teams, driving alignment across multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Define how assays integrate with software, consumables, sample preparation and LC-MS instrumentation to deliver a complete diagnostic solution.
• Translate user needs and analytical performance goals into clear, traceable and verifiable system requirements.
• Support technical decision-making by evaluating design options, system trade-offs and performance requirements across the diagnostic platform.
• Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory and Risk Management teams to ensure compliance with applicable IVD standards.
• Drive successful verification and validation activities, ensuring integrated assay solutions perform as intended and are ready for commercial deployment.

Skills

Technical translation

Cross-functional work

Communication skills

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific field

Job description

Overview

Join Waters' Clinical Systems Development team and play a pivotal role in bridging assay and analyser development, to deliver the next generation of clinical LC-MS diagnostic systems. As aSystems Engineer - Assay Integration, you will work with multidisciplinary teams spanning assay science, software, engineering and systems development, ensuring innovative assays are successfully translated into robust, integrated diagnostic solutions. This is a unique opportunity to influence products from early concept through commercialisation while helping deliver technologies that support better clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage assay requirements throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet customer, clinical and business needs
• Act as the key technical link between Assay Development and Analyser Engineering teams, driving alignment across multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Define how assays integrate with software, consumables, sample preparation and LC-MS instrumentation to deliver a complete diagnostic solution.
• Translate user needs and analytical performance goals into clear, traceable and verifiable system requirements.
• Support technical decision-making by evaluating design options, system trade-offs and performance requirements across the diagnostic platform.
• Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory and Risk Management teams to ensure compliance with applicable IVD standards.
• Drive successful verification and validation activities, ensuring integrated assay solutions perform as intended and are ready for commercial deployment.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biomedical Science, Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.

Experience:

• Experience within the IVD, diagnostics, life sciences, or regulated medical device industry, with a strong understanding of assay development and product development processes.

Competencies:

• Ability to translate customer, clinical and business needs into clear, traceable technical requirements.
• Strong understanding of clinical assay development, analytical performance and diagnostic workflows.
• Proven ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, influencing and collaborating with scientific, engineering and business stakeholders.
• Strong systems-thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to manage complexity and drive technical decisions.
• Passion for developing innovative diagnostic technologies that improve patient care and healthcare outcomes.

Travel (If Applicable):

• Occasional domestic and international travel to support project activities, customer interactions and collaboration with global teams.

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.

We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.

We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state,and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status,or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.