Manufacturing Engineer I

Hydrogen Group; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydrogen Group in San Diego, CA is seeking an Equipment Engineer to support a GMP laboratory equipment project, including onboarding, maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and installation in a GMP environment.

You will work onsite with instruments such as HPLC systems, LC-MS, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, and autosamplers; collaborate with vendors, develop SOPs, and ensure validation protocols in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in automation maintenance, upkeep, repairs, calibration requirements, and validation protocols.
• Ability to communicate equipment user requirements to vendors, provide training to the equipment team, and develop work instructions for new tools.
• Strong mechanical aptitude preferred.
• Familiarity with standard laboratory practices and instrumentation, including preparative and analytical HPLC systems, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, and autosamplers.
• Familiarity with oligonucleotides.

Responsibilities

• Onboard laboratory equipment and establish and execute maintenance plans. Familiarity with HPLC systems, synthesizers, and LC-MS instruments is highly encouraged.
• Apply standard laboratory practices within a GMP environment.
• Identify component-level failures in large instruments and clearly communicate findings to external customers.
• Plan, prioritize, coordinate, and execute multiple parallel activities, including equipment calibrations, preventive maintenance, supplier support, spare parts management, and project activities, with minimal guidance from a manager or lead.
• Source instruments and supporting components from OEM and non-OEM suppliers, tracking and reporting their status throughout onboarding. Experience with Ariba and SAP EAM is preferred.
• Collaborate with other engineers to develop and implement procedures that reduce or eliminate systematic equipment failures.
• Install new equipment or assist vendors with the installation of instruments and instrument components.
• Navigate SAP EAM to support equipment status tracking.
• Create standard operating procedures, work instructions, troubleshooting guides, and checklists.
• Take ownership of a subsystem or multiple components of a larger system with oversight.
• Safely handle hazardous chemicals.

Skills

Automation maintenance

Vendor communication

Training teammates

Mechanical aptitude

HPLC systems familiarity

UV/Vis spectrophotometers

Autosamplers

Oligonucleotides familiarity

Tools

Ariba

SAP EAM

Job description

Pay: $35.00-$41.00/hr
Location: San Diego, CA — Onsite
Duration: 13-month contract
Schedule: 7:30/8:00 a.m. – 4:30/5:00 p.m.

Position Overview

Join the Equipment Engineering team to support a laboratory equipment project, including instrument onboarding, maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and installation in a GMP environment.

Responsibilities

• Onboard laboratory equipment and establish and execute maintenance plans. Familiarity with HPLC systems, synthesizers, and LC-MS instruments is highly encouraged.
• Apply standard laboratory practices within a GMP environment.
• Identify component-level failures in large instruments and clearly communicate findings to external customers.
• Plan, prioritize, coordinate, and execute multiple parallel activities, including equipment calibrations, preventive maintenance, supplier support, spare parts management, and project activities, with minimal guidance from a manager or lead.
• Source instruments and supporting components from OEM and non-OEM suppliers, tracking and reporting their status throughout onboarding. Experience with Ariba and SAP EAM is preferred.
• Collaborate with other engineers to develop and implement procedures that reduce or eliminate systematic equipment failures.
• Install new equipment or assist vendors with the installation of instruments and instrument components.
• Navigate SAP EAM to support equipment status tracking.
• Create standard operating procedures, work instructions, troubleshooting guides, and checklists.
• Take ownership of a subsystem or multiple components of a larger system with oversight.
• Safely handle hazardous chemicals.

Requirements

• Proficiency in automation maintenance, upkeep, repairs, calibration requirements, and validation protocols.
• Ability to communicate equipment user requirements to vendors, provide training to the equipment team, and develop work instructions for new tools.
• Strong mechanical aptitude preferred.
• Familiarity with standard laboratory practices and instrumentation, including preparative and analytical HPLC systems, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, and autosamplers.
• Familiarity with oligonucleotides.