Lead Biotech Manufacturing Engineer — Hardware & Automation

Culture Biosciences; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Equity

Time off and holidays

Job summary

Culture Biosciences is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support our hardware manufacturing floor and our single-use consumables floor in South San Francisco. You will introduce new products, manage changes to the floor, and work with R&D on design transfer to create new bioreactors, single-use assemblies, and automation systems.

This is a hands-on role requiring independence and the ability to own projects, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, chemical, software, and materials

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering or a related field.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting experience through design verification and validation.

Responsibilities

• Scale consumables & hardware engineering prototypes from conception to higher manufacturing volumes.
• Build hardware and single-use products on the manufacturing floor.
• Write manufacturing instructions and device history records.
• Enhance Culture's in-house manufacturing capabilities and Quality systems.
• Run the floor's deviation processes and quality checks across all builds, identifying root cause of hardware and single-use issues.
• Partner with R&D on design transfer, and collaborate with engineers, technicians, and manufacturers to debug and optimize systems.
• Work cross-functionally to develop and maintain systems, including user testing and feedback, training and change control.
• Learn about fermentation, cell culture, and biomanufacturing.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD

ERP

MES software

Job description

Culture Biosciences is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support our hardware manufacturing floor and our single-use consumables floor in South San Francisco. You will introduce new products, manage changes to the floor, and work with R&D on design transfer to create new bioreactors, single-use assemblies, and automation systems.

This is a hands-on role requiring independence and the ability to own projects, collaborating with mechanical, electrical, chemical, software, and materials