Onsite Product Engineer: Microbiology for Food Safety

Neogen Corporation; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Career growth opportunities

Meaningful work

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Neogen Corporation is seeking a Product Engineer with hands-on microbiology experience to support product and process improvements, investigations, and verification activities. You will work onsite with laboratory, manufacturing, and cross‑functional teams to drive data‑driven decisions and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes applying microbiological principles, designing experiments, analyzing results, and delivering protocols and reports that inform design specifications and material

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Microbiology or related field.
• Hands-on laboratory experience applying microbiological principles in a technical setting.
• Experience designing, executing, and interpreting scientific studies or experiments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work onsite and collaborate with laboratory, manufacturing, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and analyze experimental plans to support product improvements, process changes, technical investigations, and verification activities.
• Use microbiological principles, scientific methods, and data analysis to evaluate product and process performance.
• Own defined project workstreams and move technical work from testing through conclusions, recommendations, and implementation support.
• Support material qualifications, manufacturing changes or transfers, product refreshes, and continuity-of-supply projects.
• Contribute data and technical rationale to Design Specification Records, product standards, and material or supply specifications.
• Partner across functions to investigate issues and implement improvements.
• Prepare clear protocols, technical reports, and presentations.
• Support a Lean Six Sigma-oriented continuous improvement culture by using data and structured problem solving to improve quality, service, cost, process capability, and ways of working.

Skills

Microbiology lab experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Microbiology or related field

Job description

Neogen Corporation is seeking a Product Engineer with hands-on microbiology experience to support product and process improvements, investigations, and verification activities. You will work onsite with laboratory, manufacturing, and cross‑functional teams to drive data‑driven decisions and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes applying microbiological principles, designing experiments, analyzing results, and delivering protocols and reports that inform design specifications and material