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BioFire Diagnostics is looking to add an experienced Automation Manufacturing Engineering to our growing swing shift team! This Automation Manufacturing Engineer plays a critical role as a member of a team that designs, implements, and supports high-volume manufacturing equipment. Candidates who would find this role a good match like to operate in roles of autonomy and trust, enjoys training and mentoring junior staff, understands the importance of good documentation, is solution-oriented and is collaborative.

• Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Working with a design team and outside vendors to bring in, validate, and launch new equipment

• Develop training and maintenance documentation

• Develop validation documentation

• Develop test cases and criteria

• Develop and execute testing to define operational limits

• Participate in equipment acceptance and validation testing

• Partner with manufacturing support team to keep equipment operational

• Investigate PLC code execution and events to troubleshoot

• Work with maintenance technicians in doing hands-on troubleshooting of controls, mechanical, and electrical systems

• Develop and implement solutions to improve machine performance, operational time, and quality with a larger project team

• Support QE team investigations to find root causes and corrective actions for production failures

• Assist in product inspection and dispositions

• Work with automation design engineers and system architects on various projects

• New designs

• Design improvements

• Process improvements

• New process implementation

• Work with support team, junior engineers, and other engineers to train in more complex systems to improve overall team support

• Reporting

• Adhoc reporting on failures and equipment performance

• Work with data science team to develop regular reporting tools

• Develop informational dashboards to provide support teams with more valuable information

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Qualifications

Training and Education: B.S. or higher in Engineering or related field.

Experience: 5 years of experience in automation related engineering role, including performance consistent with said experience.

Skills:

• PLC programming

• Electrical Schematics

• Technical writing

  Experience with the following is strongly preferred:

• • Onboarding OEM equipment

• HMI development

• Robotics programming

• Machine vision

• Process Validation

• Experience with the following is preferred:

• Multi-axis motion control

• Solidworks

• Sheet metal design

• Heat Transfer

• Molding Processes

• Materials (e.g. plastics, aluminum, copper, steel, etc.)

• Pneumatics

• Machining (esp. CNC)

• GD&T

• SPC

• Non-conformance Reporting

• FDA & regulatory standards

• Six Sigma/Lean – Continuous Improvement

Physical Requirements: Able to safely lift 50 pounds. Must be able to perform duties wearing a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR). Ability to perceive and distinguish colors.