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Senior Systems Engineer

Employer
Element Biosciences
Location
San Diego, CA
Start date
Jan 21, 2022

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Discipline
Information Technology, System Administration, General
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Beach

Job Details

Element Biosciences is a multi-disciplinary startup focused on innovating genetic analysis tools for the research and clinical markets. The Company's technology will broaden the end user experience through improved data quality and simplified workflows to benefit discoveries and diagnosis in healthcare. Join a team of dreamers and revolutionaries who are focused on democratizing access to genetic analysis and accelerating the pace of scientific discovery. We are redefining an industry and the possibilities are endless.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
  • Support Engineering Ops department in providing front line instrumentation and test fixture support for internal R&D and operations teams
  • Work closely with optical, mechanical, fluidic, electrical, and other engineering teams to troubleshoot and repair instrumentation and text fixture issues and provide design feedback
  • Drive and execute instrument and subsystem reliability tests
  • Collect and analyze large data sets to interpret system performance
  • Contribute to overall integration of instrument mechanical, electrical, motion, fluidic and thermal design
  • Interface with systems integration, chemistry, commercial, and operations teams to provide system level subject matter expertise
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners on subsystem design and transfer to manufacture
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners on engineering text fixture design and troubleshooting
  • Other duties as assigned
Required Skills and Abilities
  • Hands-on hardware troubleshooting and repair ability
  • Advanced statistical analysis in excel, JMP, or other statistical analysis software
  • Scripting analysis in MATLAB, Python, R, or other comparable language
  • Familiar with reliability engineering concepts (MTBF, Preventative Maintenance Optimization, etc.)
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks with different priorities
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment and adjust to rapidly evolving technology
Education and Experience
  • Minimum BS degree in Mechanical/Systems/Bioengineering or similar field
  • 5+ years related work experience in a similar field required
  • History of working in multidisciplinary field including biochemistry, biology, optics, mechanics, fluidics, electrical, and software
  • Experience with data analysis in LabVIEW, MATLAB, python or other programing languages or statistics software
  • Experience presenting data in a peer design review format
  • Experience troubleshooting electrical components (PCBA, cabling, etc.) a plus
  • Experience with image analysis and signal processing

We are passionate about our mission to develop high performing products to study genomics in an unprecedented flexibility and to understand biology for the improvement of healthcare. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness. We offer excellent benefits, which include a 401K plan, competitive health benefits, flexible vacation, and equity incentives.

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Company

At Element Biosciences, our mission is to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. Our proprietary approach to improving the signal-to-noise ratio allows us to provide groundbreaking innovations in surface chemistry, instrumentation, and biochemistry to drastically decrease the run cost and capital cost while delivering high sequencing data quality. Founded in 2017, our headquarters is located in San Diego, California, with additional operations located in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Company info
Website
Phone
(619) 353-0300
Location
10055 Barnes Canyon Road
San Diego, CA 92121
US

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