Sustaining Engineer: Product Lifecycle & Reliability

Cryoport Systems; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Job summary

Cryoport Systems is seeking a Sustaining Engineer to maintain and improve released products, ensuring reliability, manufacturability, and compliance across the lifecycle. You will work with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Product Management to resolve issues, implement improvements, and maintain robust documentation.

You will lead root cause investigations, drive cost and reliability improvements, manage ECOs, and support design, manufacturing, field issue resolution, and process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of sustaining/manufacturing/process engineering or product lifecycle experience.
• Experience supporting released products in production and field environments.
• Strong background in ECO/ECR and engineering change management.
• Familiarity with CAD tools such as SolidWorks or Inventor.
• Experience with DFM/DFA and regulated manufacturing environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Consult with primary engineering owner for released products to understand the design intent.
• Troubleshoot product, manufacturing, and field issues and implement solutions.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• Initiate and execute engineering changes (ECOs) as required for design changes and follow product development processes.
• Update drawings, BOMs, specifications, and assist with work instructions updates.
• Support suppliers and contract manufacturers as well as working with quality to resolve issues.
• Identify and implement cost reduction and product optimization opportunities.
• Monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support validation, verification, and testing as needed for changes.
• Ensure proper documentation and adherence to quality systems (e.g., cGMP, ISO).
• Provide technical support to internal teams (Operations, Quality, Commercial, Marketing).
• Assist with revalidation activities as required.
• Communicate with cross functional teams of project’s status.
• Ensure that project learnings are integrated into future design plannings.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Change control

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Data analysis

CAD tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Inventor

PLM

Job description

Cryoport Systems is seeking a Sustaining Engineer to maintain and improve released products, ensuring reliability, manufacturability, and compliance across the lifecycle. You will work with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, and Product Management to resolve issues, implement improvements, and maintain robust documentation.

You will lead root cause investigations, drive cost and reliability improvements, manage ECOs, and support design, manufacturing, field issue resolution, and process