Manufacturing Engineer

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.
Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.
We are now looking for a talented process engineer to join us on the journey! Are you a problem solver with great communication skills? Then you might be the one we are looking for!
The manufacturing engineer is responsible for supporting our packaging production lines, providing support for validation of new equipment and participating in driving continuous improvement activities. The manufacturing engineer will also be responsible for identifying improvements to existing manufacturing processes on automated production lines and actively participate in a hands-on capacity with the modification and upgrading of existing equipment.
The Process engineer is responsible for:
Taking ownership of production lines, resolve manufacturability issues, and drive improvements for cost and efficiency.
Supports, maintains, improves modifies and further develops the manufacturing lines as needed for sustaining production.
Leads/participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining work flow.
Support the validation and qualification activities for new equipment and processes.
Design, document, assemble, qualify and introduce production assembly/test/inspection fixtures and equipment
Designs and creates production equipment, fixtures and tests as needed to build the production line either internally or as needed at suppliers.



Required skills:
+3 years’ experience as process or manufacturing engineer.
Demonstrated knowledge of automation assembly, testing, and inspection processes
Medical Device, cGMP and ISO-13485 experience required.
Strong problem-solving ability, including demonstrated ability to effectively design, execute, report on, and draw conclusions from experiments.
Comfortable interacting with technicians, engineers, and management on a regular basis.
Strong technical skills in prototyping, tooling development and troubleshooting.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English


Preferred qualifications
Experience in the Medical device field
Experience in writing and execute validation protocols (IQ, OQ & PQ) and reports
Working knowledge of process engineering software packages
Conceptual understanding of automation equipment
3D CAD skills (Solidworks preferred).
Oral and written communication skills in Swedish.



Physical demands
Ability to work in an office, laboratory and production environment



When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.


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