Our client a world leader in diagnostics and life sciences is looking for a "Systems Engineer III based out of Pleasanton CA.
Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility Of Further Extension & Conversion)
Pay Rate: $57/hr on W2
Company Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Paid Sick leave 401K
Looking for a passionate Senior Systems Engineer to join Systems Development Group to support the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) products. The candidate is expected to be a handson contributor in feasibility development and integration verification and validation phases of endtoend NGS solutions while following applicable regulatory quality and safety standards.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and deploy and test a wide range of technologies including sample extraction library prep and sequencing.
- Organize and drive systems development activities as part of the project team to develop new NGS solutions and ensure the product design meets customer needs as well as applicable regulations or standards.
- Participate in developing and managing requirements on various levels and traceability analysis.
- Develop execute and document test cases for verification and validation. Ensures complete and comprehensive coverage of requirements in the test campaigns.
- Perform system integration and testing activities and verify system performance through simulation test and measurements. Assess results for applicability validity and conformance to product requirements.
- Participate in story / backlog review debugging and defect management of software platforms that are part of the endtoend solution.
- Work independently with general management direction to drive product development and collaboration to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Perform product risk management activities using tools such as Hazard Analysis or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) according to applicable regulatory and quality standards and provides risk mitigation recommendations to the project team.
- Collaborate with project teams and internal/external stakeholders to create project artifacts and maintain related documents in Design history files.
- Maintain compliance as required by regulatory bodies and the company s quality system;
Qualification & Skills:
- Bachelor s degree in Chemistry Biology Biomedical Engineering System engineering or related disciplines. Advanced degree preferred.
- Required BS or equivalent with 8 years related experience; or MS with 4 years related experience; preferred MS with 6 years related experience; or PhD with 2 year related experience ;endtoend NGS application development experience is encouraged to apply but could be subject to a level recalibration.
- 3 years handson experience with DNA sequencing such as raw sample preparation nucleic acid extraction library preparation and common NGS sequencers or Digital PCR platforms.
- Proven handson troubleshooting experience and skills in wet bench workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with statistical tools (e.g. Python/JMP for regression analysis ANOVA) and Design of Experiments methodology
- Knowledge in other aspects of NGS workflow such as nucleic acid chemistry primer design technologies for gene targets is highly desirable
- Experience with automation solutions is highly desirable
If interested please send us your updated resume at /
system integration, verification and validation, V&V, NGS, PCR, DNA sequencing
Education
Bachelor's degree