Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Hologic, Inc.; Newark (DE); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Hologic, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Mechanical Engineer to support on-market breast and skeletal health products across the lifecycle. You will lead investigations, CAPAs, and EOL changes, partnering with SQE, Manufacturing, Quality and Regulatory to resolve issues while maintaining traceability.

You will perform root-cause analysis, apply structured methods, and mentor newer engineers. The role emphasizes sustaining product availability, compliance, and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 5+ years in a relevant role required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or support product investigations for field complaints, non-conformances, and manufacturing issues using structured root cause analysis.
• Own or support CAPAs including investigation, containment, corrective action, implementation and effectiveness checks.
• Manage end-of-life (EOL) component, material, and supplier changes with lifecycle planning and obsolescence risk assessment.
• Partner with SQE to resolve supplier quality issues, SCARs, and FAI dispositions.
• Investigate manufacturing issues and NCEs with Manufacturing to define containment, disposition, and permanent corrective actions.
• Author and review ECOs, validation/verification protocols and reports, maintaining project and documentation control.

Skills

Mechanical design

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Decision making

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD/CAE

GD&T

Job description

Position Summary:

The Sr. Mechanical Engineer supports on-market breast and skeletal health products throughout their commercial lifecycle. This role leads and supports end-of-life (EOL) component and material replacements, non-conformance event (NCE) dispositions, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), supplier quality issues, manufacturing issues, and complaint investigations. The Sr. Mechanical Engineer will conduct root cause analysis on field and manufacturing issues and translates findings into robust, verifiable engineering changes.

Partners with Supplier Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and Complaint Handling to resolve issues affecting product availability, quality, and performance. Balances technical rigor with the urgency of sustaining work — keeping on-market products supplied, compliant, and performing as intended — while maintaining full design history and documentation traceability.

Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of varying factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways. Provides instruction and mentorship to newer engineers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below-mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.

• Represents Sustaining Engineering and department culture through example, leadership and excellent communication skills.
• Leads and/or supports product investigations for field complaints, non-conformances, and manufacturing issues, applying structured root cause analysis methodologies (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA) to identify and verify true root cause.
• Owns or supports engineering activities for CAPAs, including investigation, containment, corrective action definition, implementation, and effectiveness checks.
• Manages end-of-life (EOL) component, material, and supplier changes, including identification and qualification of alternate/cross parts, obsolescence risk assessment, and lifecycle planning.
• Partners with Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE) to resolve supplier-driven quality issues, including supplier corrective action requests (SCARs), incoming inspection discrepancies, and first article inspection (FAI) dispositions.
• Investigates manufacturing issues and non-conformances (NCEs) on the production floor; collaborates with Manufacturing and Operations to define containment, disposition, and permanent corrective actions.
• Supports complaint investigations in partnership with Complaint Handling and Post-Market Surveillance, providing technical analysis and engineering rationale for complaint dispositions.
• Authors, executes, and reviews engineering change orders (ECOs), validation/verification protocols and reports, and supporting documentation for sustaining changes, maintaining project and documentation control.
• Performs design and mechanical analysis to assess the impact of proposed changes on form, fit, function, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Creates schedules, monitors progress and status of all assigned investigations and projects, and reports progress and problems to management or project teams on a timely basis.
• Uses computer-assisted engineering tools (CAD/CAE, GD&T) to evaluate proposed mechanical changes and document engineering rationale.
• Manages multiple concurrent investigations and sustaining projects, prioritizing based on product risk, customer impact, and compliance timelines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years in a relevant role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical device design
• Functional understanding Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong understanding of mechanical design and analysis.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to drive alignment, make trade-off decisions, and manage ambiguity.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in parallel.

So why join Hologic?

We are committed to making Hologic the company where top talent comes to grow. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career. We offer a competitive salary and an annual bonus scheme, one of our talent partners can discuss this in more detail with you.

The annualized base salary range for this role is $97,600 - $152,700 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans.