Senior Mechanical Systems Technician - Medical Instrumentation

Tri-Valley Career Center; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 53,726 - 73,012; Full time

Job summary

Bio-Rad in Pleasanton, CA seeks an enthusiastic Mechanical Systems Technician to support its global organization. You will join the Mechanical Engineering Team developing complex life science instrument systems, troubleshooting to root cause and driving iterative improvements.

Responsibilities include prototyping, testing, and transfer of development instruments to manufacturing, reading drawings, and contributing to reliability and validation programs.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or demonstrated engineering expertise.
• 10+ years of professional experience required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and electrical schematics.
• Proficiency with CAD packages preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering development activities including design, fabrication, assembly, modification, and test of complex electro‑mechanical research instruments, assemblies, components, and consumables.
• Build and test R&D prototypes during the engineering development lifecycle.
• Support transfer of development instruments to manufacturing including troubleshooting guides.
• Support test and fixture development for laboratory testing including assembly procedures.
• Support Reliability, Verification and Validation Testing.

Skills

Prototyping

Machining

Electrical testing

Troubleshooting

Wet bench

Drawings

CAD

Regulated env

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Associate’s degree or engineering expertise

Job description

Bio-Rad in Pleasanton, CA seeks an enthusiastic Mechanical Systems Technician to support its global organization. You will join the Mechanical Engineering Team developing complex life science instrument systems, troubleshooting to root cause and driving iterative improvements.

Responsibilities include prototyping, testing, and transfer of development instruments to manufacturing, reading drawings, and contributing to reliability and validation programs.