Engineering – Lab Technician III

Planet Pharma; Boxborough (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma is seeking a Mechanical Technician to support medical product development for image-guided surgery in a lab environment. You will independently build, assemble, troubleshoot, test, and repair complex mechanical and electromechanical systems from prototype through production readiness.

You will collaborate with Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturing, Quality, and Service to bring projects from concept to verified, production-ready hardware while maintaining thorough documentation and

Qualifications

• Must read mechanical drawings and understand tolerances.
• Able to work on machines, prototypes, test setups, and production hardware.
• Capable of independent lab work while collaborating with engineers.
• Familiar with motion systems, bearings, ball screws, belts, servo and stepper motors.
• High school diploma or equivalent with 4+ years of hands-on technical experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and electronic documentation within IT systems.
• Strong hands-on experience assembling, troubleshooting, and evaluating complex electromechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on assembly, build, troubleshooting, and evaluation of complex mechanical and electromechanical systems.
• Work directly on large capital equipment, prototype hardware, machines, production-level hardware, and test setups.
• Support system bring-up, debugging, testing, validation, and verification activities per Quality System requirements.
• Inspect parts and assemblies, interpret drawings, apply GD&T and tolerance principles during assembly and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot system-level mechanical and electromechanical issues; perform root-cause analysis and support corrective actions.
• Repair, preventive maintenance, refurbishment, and modification of existing machines and equipment.
• Maintain documentation of configurations, issues, changes, repairs, maintenance, and test results.
• Create/update work instructions, BOMs, qualification reports, ECO-related docs, and FMEA inputs.
• Fabricate/modify simple parts and fixtures to support development activities.
• Collaborate with Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Test, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Read drawings

Interpret tolerances

Assemble & troubleshoot

Lab prototype hardware

Motion & drive systems

Independent lab work

MS Office proficiency

Strong hands-on experience

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

SolidWorks

Agile PLM

Job description

As a Mechanical Technician, you will play a key hands-on role in the development of medical products for image-guided surgery. Working closely with Mechanical Engineers, primarily in a laboratory environment, you will independently build, assemble, troubleshoot, test, evaluate, repair, and maintain complex mechanical and electromechanical systems, prototypes, machines, and test setups. This role supports mechanical product development from early prototype builds through verification, validation, and production readiness.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Perform hands-on assembly, build, troubleshooting, and evaluation of complex mechanical and electromechanical systems.
• Work directly on large capital equipment, prototype hardware, machines, production-level hardware, and test setups.
• Support system bring-up, debugging, testing, validation, and verification activities in accordance with applicable Quality System requirements.
• Inspect mechanical parts and assemblies, interpret engineering drawings, and apply GD&T and tolerance principles during assembly and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot system-level mechanical and electromechanical issues and perform failure analysis to identify root causes and support corrective actions.
• Perform repair, preventive maintenance, refurbishment, and modification of existing machines and equipment to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Maintain accurate documentation of equipment configurations, issues, changes, repairs, maintenance activities, and test results.
• Create and update work instructions, bills of materials, qualification reports, ECO-related documentation, and FMEA inputs.
• Fabricate or modify simple parts, fixtures, and test setups as needed to support engineering development activities.
• Work independently while collaborating closely with Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Test, and other cross-functional teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have

• * Ability to read mechanical drawings, understand tolerances, and perform mechanical inspections.
• * Ability to work directly on machines, prototypes, test setups, and production-level hardware.
• * Ability to work independently in a lab environment while partnering closely with Mechanical Engineers
• * Familiarity with the assembly, troubleshooting, and evaluation of motion and drive systems, including rotary and linear bearings, ball screws, chains, belts, gear reducers, servo motors, and stepper motors.
• High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 4 years of relevant hands-on technical experience.
• Proficiency with standard business computer applications, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams), email communication, electronic documentation, and working within corporate IT systems.
• * Strong hands-on experience assembling, troubleshooting, and evaluating complex mechanical and electromechanical systems.

Nice To Have

• * Ability to collaborate effectively with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, and other functions in a complex matrixed organization.
• * Basic machine shop experience, including operation of manual machining equipment and fabrication of simple parts and fixtures.
• * Experience supporting product development, prototype builds, verification testing, or production readiness.
• * Experience with large capital equipment, motion systems, or electromechanical assemblies.
• * Experience with X-Ray systems, medical devices, cable building, soldering, or PCBA repair.
• * Familiarity with SolidWorks, Agile PLM.
• * Familiar with Electromechanical and Motion Assembly of large capital equipment systems in a development environment.