Lead Systems Engineer, Flow Cytometry Instrumentation

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. seeks a technical leader for the Flow Cytometry engineering team to translate customer needs into robust system designs.

You will guide front-end systems engineering across microfluidics, acoustics, optics, electronics and firmware/software to ensure the instrument meets its performance targets. You will define requirements, architectures and workflows; lead feasibility studies and risk retirement activities; mentor others in systems thinking and drive

Qualifications

• Advanced degree plus 6 years of experience, or bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience in systems engineering, product development, and technical leadership for complex scientific instrumentation.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Bioengineering, Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering or scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated hands-on test experience with complex instruments, electromechanical systems or multidisciplinary products.
• Strong systems thinking and experience translating needs into clear requirements, architecture, interfaces and testable performance specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder and customer-needs analysis; negotiate requirements and tradeoffs, define measurable system requirements, and maintain end-to-end traceability.
• Develop system context, use cases, functional workflows, theory of operation, architecture, interface intent and critical-to-performance specifications with product and design leads.
• Plan and lead feasibility studies, proof-of-concept work and trade studies to retire technical uncertainty, establish achievable performance targets and inform design direction.
• Identify and manage system-level technical risks; lead risk-retirement priorities and communicate clear recommendations when performance, scope, cost or schedule objectives compete.
• Own or lead the Systems Integration Plan and readiness criteria so integration sequence, interfaces and risk-retirement builds follow the architecture; partner with integration and V&V teams.
• Guide system-level change-impact assessments, root-cause investigations and lifecycle decisions; contribute to engineering practices and mentor others in systems thinking.

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Bioengineering, Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering or scientific discipline

Job description

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. seeks a technical leader for the Flow Cytometry engineering team to translate customer needs into robust system designs.

You will guide front-end systems engineering across microfluidics, acoustics, optics, electronics and firmware/software to ensure the instrument meets its performance targets. You will define requirements, architectures and workflows; lead feasibility studies and risk retirement activities; mentor others in systems thinking and drive