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Job TitleSystems Design Engineer
Location(s)Seer Green
Purpose
Tactical and strategic oversight of the systems team for a busy program of new product development work. The two primary aspects of the role are system design and specification and design verification. The role requires the successful candidate to develop a good understanding of the function and use of the product as well as the underlying technology, in order to be able to develop and document both high-level functional and performance requirements and detailed sub-system requirements.
Collaborates with Key stakeholders to define system design and specification, which may include concept development, design calculations or modelling for optical, mechanical, electronic or algorithmic aspects of the system depending on experience and project requirements. Manage design verification activities will includes running design reviews, as well as design and execution of test plans for prototype evaluation.
The role also includes investigation of selected manufacturing/field failures in order to determine root cause and initiate remedial actions.
Responsibilities
- Generally and proactively promote product quality
- Understand the products’ performance parameters both at the system and sub-system level.
- Contributions to high-level design in one or more engineering disciplines (in general, detailing and production of models, drawings etc. will not be the responsibility of the systems/development engineer)
- Interaction with other design engineers to understand potential failure modes
- Design and conduct experiments to test both product performance and the performance of manufacturing fixtures.
- Undertake experimental data analysis and produce summary reports.
- Actively participate in troubleshooting activities including root cause analysis both in the context of new product development and ongoing manufacturing issues.
- Specification of any software or fixtures required for verification activities
- Be proficient at using software for data collection / analysis.
- Working with other engineers to construct the necessary test equipment
- Working with external test houses
- Identify the need for and specify manufacturing test / QA fixtures and processes
- Liaising with manufacturing and service to understand quality issues
- Work within our product development process
- Exercise responsibility for product quality and performance
- Produce the required level of documentation
- Drive continuous improvement of verification processes.
- Manage personal development towards understanding underlying technologies
Required:
- Bachelor of Science, either physics or an engineering discipline
- Sufficient engineering / physics / maths knowledge.
- Proven ability to assess technical risk and to recognise failure modes.
- Proven ability to design and construct experiments
- A structured approach to work and the ability to operate within a formal framework.
- Good data analysis and report writing skills
- Ability to use complex software
Advantageous:
- Postgraduate qualification in an engineering or physical science discipline
- Good physics knowledge
- Knowledge of optics
- knowledge of high precision designs
- Experience of product development within a company making some form of measurement instrumentation
- Familiarity with product design methodologies
- Formal training in FMEA
- Scientific background or interests
- Some business knowledge
- Some programming skills
- Some manufacturing knowledge
Top Skills
What We Do
For 85 years, PerkinElmer has pushed the boundaries of science from food to health to the environment. We’ve always pursued science with a clear purpose – to help our customers achieve theirs. Our expert team brings technology and intangibles, like creativity, empathy, diligence, and a spirit of collaboration, in equal measure, to fulfill our customers’ desire to work better, innovate better, and create better.
PerkinElmer is a leading, global provider of technology and service solutions that help customers measure, quantify, detect, and report in ways that help ensure the quality, safety, and satisfaction of their products.
Learn more at www.newperkinelmer.com.
