By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$132,400.00 - $217,600.00Position Summary:
Bio-Techne is seeking a highly motivated, creative and collaborative Staff Systems Engineer to lead systems engineering deliverables in the design of analytical instruments.
This role will report to the New Product Development Engineering group, specifically under the Systems Engineering hardware manager. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing group of engineers and scientists in a role that can highly impact the organization. The team is a highly motivated and collaborative group that is empowered to innovate.
The Staff System Engineer will focus on leading system level engineering activities for new and existing products including, but not limited to, requirements development, hardware subsystems integration, systems control through software scripting, system verification testing, automation development, data mining & analysis, characterization, troubleshooting, process development, and design transfer.
This position involves the following responsibilities & skills:
Hands on experience with prototype & alpha, Beta, and Pilot phases of a complex hardware consumable and/or instrument product development cycle
Lead and influence development design from a system level
Experience with development and system integration of an opto-mechanical instrument that requires multi-engineering disciplines
Strong ability for meticulous hands-on assembly/disassembly of instruments, consumables, and fixtures
Strong ability to do troubleshooting from system level down to low level to understand root cause failure modes
Experience automating and controlling hardware subsystems for prototype testing through Python or LabVIEW
Experience in V&V, including but not limited to, writing system level requirements, writing test plans, executing tests, and summarizing results
Effective communication across functional teams such as marketing, quality, manufacturing and field support team
Willingness to support manufacturing and field teams in sustaining existing product lines
Experience in project management and leading core teams as a technical representative
Eagerness to coach more junior members through design, development, and troubleshooting
Collaborative personality
Job Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Bachelors degree in engineering or relevant field of study required with a minimum of 10 + years of experience (or Master’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience)
10+ years relevant work experience in complex instruments/systems/hardware consumables involving integration of mechanical/electrical/optical/software components and subsystems. Strong multidisciplinary technical skills are essential.
Experience in collaborating and leading cross-functionally to define system level requirements and V&V testing
Ability to plan and carry out complex test plans and report out critical findings is essential
Ability to lead and mentor junior engineers on best engineering practices and systems level thinking for new product design
Experience in software for automation or data analysis (Python, LabView, PLC, Java)
Experience in engineering statistical data analysis
Experience in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems
Experience in hardware automation is a plus
Experience in CAD (Solidworks) and mechanical design is a plus
Experience with handling reagents in a wet lab environment is a plus
Why Join Bio-Techne:
- We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
- We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
- We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
- We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
- We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
- We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
Skills Required
- Bachelors degree in engineering or relevant field
- 10+ years of experience in complex instruments/systems/hardware consumables
- Experience with system integration of mechanical/electrical/optical/software components
- Experience in automation for testing using Python or LabVIEW
- Ability to plan complex test plans and report findings
- Experience in engineering statistical data analysis
- Experience in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems
- Experience in CAD (Solidworks) is a plus
- Experience with handling reagents in a wet lab environment is a plus
Bio-Techne Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Bio-Techne and has not been reviewed or approved by Bio-Techne.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical and dental coverage are often regarded as strong, with core health benefits broadly available across U.S. roles. Day-one eligibility and comprehensive options are described as a relative bright spot even when pay sentiment is mixed.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time are emphasized alongside flexible scheduling. Work-life balance elements are seen as strengths relative to base-pay concerns.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Quarterly or semi-annual bonuses and eligibility for annual cash incentives add meaningful upside for many salaried roles. Structured plans such as a Management Incentive Plan reinforce predictability of variable pay.
Bio-Techne Insights
What We Do
Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins and reagent solutions - notably cytokines and growth factors, antibodies, immunoassays, biologically active small molecule compounds, tissue culture reagents, and cell and gene therapy workflow solutions including T-Cell activation technologies. Bio-Techne’s portfolio also includes protein analysis solutions, sold under the ProteinSimple brand name, that offer researchers efficient and streamlined options for automated Western blot and multiplexed ELISA workflow. These reagent and protein analysis solutions are sold to biomedical researchers, as well as clinical research laboratories, and constitute the Protein Sciences Segment. Bio-Techne also develops and manufactures diagnostic products including FDA-regulated controls, calibrators, blood gas and clinical chemistry controls, and other reagents for OEM and clinical customers. Bio-Techne’s genomic tools include advanced tissue-based in situ hybridization assays (ISH) for research and clinical use, sold under the ACD brand, as well as a portfolio of clinical molecular diagnostic oncology assays including the ExoDx®Prostate (IntelliScore) test (EPI) for prostate cancer diagnosis. These diagnostic and genomic products comprise Bio-Techne’s Diagnostics and Genomics Segment. Bio-Techne products are integral components of scientific investigations into biological processes and molecular diagnostics, revealing the nature, diagnosis, etiology and progression of specific diseases. They aid in drug discovery efforts and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $714 million in net sales in fiscal 2019 and has over 2,200 employees worldwide.
