Process Development Engineer - Genomics & Manufacturing

Illumina, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Genomics sequencing access

Paid time off

Retirement benefits

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Illumina, Inc. is seeking a Process Development Engineer to collaborate with field and manufacturing teams, driving improvements in production and service of genetic sequencers. You will troubleshoot issues, design experiments, and develop robust processes and documentation to enhance customer experience.

The role requires the ability to travel to global customer sites on short notice and to work with cross-functional teams to reduce service costs while increasing throughput and quality.

Qualifications

• 1 to 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in biotech or semiconductor industries is desirable.
• Experience with statistics, statistical process control and DOE techniques is a plus.
• High level problem solving and reasoning skills required.
• Good interdepartmental communication and documentation skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in process sustaining, improvement and development of quality test activities in production and service of genetic sequencers.
• Troubleshoot production line issues related to yield, quality and throughput.
• Construct and execute controlled experiments to optimize processes, address yield and quality issues and drive implementation of solutions to meet production and customer experience goals.
• Analyze process test results, issue reports and make technical recommendations.
• Work cross functionally with Service, Manufacturing, Quality & LCM to develop processes for new products and improve processes of existing products.
• Define technical requirements and develop manufacturing and service related procedures.
• Travel to global customer sites with limited advance notice to support instrument troubleshooting when required.

Skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Troubleshooting

Communication

Programming knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Statistical software

DOE tools

Job description

Illumina, Inc. is seeking a Process Development Engineer to collaborate with field and manufacturing teams, driving improvements in production and service of genetic sequencers. You will troubleshoot issues, design experiments, and develop robust processes and documentation to enhance customer experience.

The role requires the ability to travel to global customer sites on short notice and to work with cross-functional teams to reduce service costs while increasing throughput and quality.