DFX & Engineering Manager
Operations Engineering · Everett, Washington · Full-time
Reports to: Senior Director, Operations
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Why should you join Fluke Health Solutions?
Lead the newly-formed DFX & Engineering pillar at Fluke Health Solutions in Everett, Washington — where the test and calibration instruments your team builds help keep medical equipment safe in hospitals around the world. This is a build-it role: you will stand up a fourth engineering pillar, set the design-for-excellence (DFX) agenda across the portfolio, and shape how DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology work together to move the operational KPIs that drive the business. Backed by the Fortive Business System and a product portfolio with real, quantified improvement headroom, you will have the mandate, the team, and the runway to make a visible impact — with a clear path toward senior operations leadership.
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What this role entails
- Lead and develop the DFX & Engineering pillar (DFX, test, manufacturing, software, and metrology) across the FHS biomedical portfolio.
- Own the design-for-excellence agenda — manufacturability, testability, yield, and cost — across new-product introduction and end-of-life.
- Own the engineering KPI bowler — first-pass yield, DPPM, and on-time delivery — and drive countermeasures wherever targets slip.
- Lead the Fortive Business System in the function (PSP, 3P, VRK, Standard Work, Daily Management) and build a strong hiring and talent-development plan.
- Partner across Quality, Materials, Production, Service, R&D, and HR to align engineering capacity to the operating plan and backlog.
Your team
You will lead a close-knit, cross-disciplinary team of roughly a dozen engineers based onsite in Everett — spanning DFX, test, software, and metrology — working hands-on across our lab and manufacturing floor. The team partners daily with Production, Quality, Materials, Service, and R&D, runs a continuous-improvement (Kaizen) cadence, and operates with a “be curious, not judgmental” problem-solving mindset. Because this is a newly-shaped pillar, you will have unusual influence over how it is built — while plugging into Fortive’s broader engineering and operations community across operating companies. This role is considered a successor to the Director of Operations.
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What we are looking for
A. Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or related); advanced degree a plus.
- 8+ years of engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, including leading or formally mentoring engineers.
- Demonstrated DFX / design-for-manufacturability leadership and ownership of operational KPIs (yield, DPPM, OTD).
- Working fluency in a business system (Fortive Business System or equivalent Lean / Six Sigma).
- Experience in medical device or other ISO 9001 / 13485 / 17025 or FDA-regulated manufacturing.
B. Personal / soft skills
- Builds and develops extraordinary teams; coaches and elevates engineers.
- Decisive and data-driven, with a bias to intelligent action.
- Strong cross-functional influence and clear communication.
- Curious and improvement-minded; comfortable leading change.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the TeamSkills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, such as Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or a related field
- 8 or more years of engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
- Experience leading or formally mentoring engineers
- Demonstrated design-for-excellence or design-for-manufacturability leadership
- Experience owning operational KPIs such as yield, DPPM, and on-time delivery
- Working fluency in the Fortive Business System or an equivalent Lean or Six Sigma business system
- Experience in medical device or ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 17025, or FDA-regulated manufacturing
- Advanced degree
Fortive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortive and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortive.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is fully paid for 12 weeks for all parents, with fertility coverage via Progyny and generous adoption/surrogacy support. Backup child and adult care plus inclusive eligibility extend support across diverse family structures.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple PPO and HSA medical options include telemedicine and second-opinion services, alongside robust mental-health access through Spring Health with no‑cost therapy sessions. The breadth of medical and behavioral health resources is highlighted as a strength.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) provides a competitive employer match each pay period, with an additional company retirement contribution after one year of service. Financial wellness tools and an employee stock purchase plan further bolster long‑term savings.
Fortive Insights
What We Do
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions. We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
