Manufacturing Engineer (Reagents)

Bruker is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life. Bruker's high-performance scientific instruments and high-value analytical and diagnostic solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels. In close cooperation with our customers, Bruker is enabling innovation, improved productivity, and customer success in life science molecular research, in applied and pharma applications, in microscopy and nanoanalysis, and in industrial applications, as well as in cell biology, preclinical imaging, clinical phenomics and proteomics research and clinical microbiology.

Today, worldwide more than 8500 employees are working on this permanent challenge at over 90 locations on all continents. Bruker continues to build upon its extensive range of products and solutions, its broad base of installed systems and a strong reputation among its customers. Being one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker is strongly committed to further fully meet its customers' needs as well as to continue to develop state-of-the-art technologies and innovative solutions for today's analytical questions.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, Reagents you will support our company's growing consumables (Reagents and Chips) manufacturing team. The primary responsibilities of this role will be twofold 1. manufacturing product that will go directly to customer hands and 2. Following SOPs in order to perform quality control experiments. The Manufacturing Engineer, Reagents will work closely with our Quality and Operations teams to support ongoing manufacturing of existing products and R&D teams with manufacturing feasibility tasks. The ideal candidate will have a background in Biology, or equivalent. Experience in reagent production, and quality control (QC) in a manufacturing setting is desired.

* Operate manufacturing lines for both Optofluidic and Proteomic product lines.
* In the spirit of continuous improvement, evaluate Production/QC methods, quality controls, and processes to ensure delivered products meets expected quality and performance standards, making suggestions on how to improve when applicable
* Be responsible and accountable for the quality of products through testing and finding ways to improve our process.

* B.S. in Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent with 1-4 years of hands-on experience with manufacturing and/or quality control manufacturing setting for chemicals/reagents.
* Experience with cell line bring up, maintenance, and validation.
* Experience performing reagent QC using common analytical techniques: UV-Vis spectroscopy, pH measurements, binding affinity measurements, particle density, etc. This might also include running functional tests on BLI platforms as needed.
* Experience using and maintaining laboratory equipment (pipettes, biosafety cabinets, centrifuges, vortexes, etc.)
* Strong attention to detail with good documentation skills.
* Perferred troubleshooting skills, including the ability to isolate and resolve component level failures.
* Preferred experience with conjugation of Beads, dyes, DNA Oligos, and proteins.
* Well organized, self-motivated, and able to work independently.
* Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and interface positively with other team members and departments.
* A passion for technology and a willingness to take ownership of results.

Professional Characteristics:
* Relevant experience in the Life Science industry.
* Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
* Strong aseptic techniques.
* Preferred experience operating in a clean room environment.
* Experience with manufacturing change control processes.
* Preferred experience with GLP/cGMP and ISO quality standards.

At Bruker, base salary is part of our total compensation. The estimated base salary range for this full-time position is between $69,300 and $121,000 provides an opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base salary for the role will depend on a several job-related factors, including, but not limited to education, training, experience, the geographic location of the successful candidate, skills, competencies, job-related knowledge and travel requirements for this position. Full-time employees may also be eligible for a performance-related incentive in addition to a full range of benefits including 401(k) with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, medical and dental plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee assistance program and paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays, and more.

Bruker is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Certain positions at Bruker require compliance with export control laws and as a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export control restrictions

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