Junior Development Engineer

Junior Development Engineer - STEVENAGE

Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

 At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

 Cytiva’s Membrane Chromatography R&D team in Stevenage is looking for an experienced junior development engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing solutions, supporting colleagues and guiding technicians in the development of Cytiva’s next generation membrane chromatography products. Through a combination of practical design approaches and computational analysis, the team’s core remit involves developing the hardware and supporting the industrialization of multiple membrane chromatography devices, to optimize the bioprocessing performance of Cytiva’s new and evolving range of Fibro chromatography products.

What you'll do

As a junior development engineer you will play a critical role on aspects of the hardware development, being responsible for testing devices, analyzing data and evaluation of design solutions. You will also be expected to work across multi-functional groups and support colleagues.
Responsibilities

• Testing and verifying design solutions, helping the team deliver against stakeholder and project objectives.
• Supporting colleagues in the development of hardware both within the engineering team and across other groups.
• Managing packages of work, including collaborating with colleagues, contractors and suppliers.
• Creating design documentation, including engineering drawings, technical specifications, verification plans/protocols and reports.

Who are you

• Have an appreciation of product development within a regulated industry.
• Have experience designing and developing of robust, reliable, innovative products or devices, from concept to production.
• Have an analytical mind and experience in root cause analysis.
• Have an appreciation of detailed design and analysis of components, mechanisms and assemblies including moulding and sheet metal manufacture.
• Can identify a board range of manufacturing processes and controls.
• Engineering degree or equivalent suitable engineering experience.

Desirable

• CAE (FEA, CFD, dynamics/math modelling, data analysis)
• Experience in systems engineering including design, definition and testing of systems and sub-systems
• Experience in managing the industrialisation of products and assembly processes within clean room environments
• Good understanding of chromatography, membrane filtration and/or bioprocessing
• Experience in reactor design and/or process engineering
• Application and understanding of key industrial standards and regulations
• Proficient in Creo and/ Solidworks

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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