Senior Engineering & Equipment Technician

By joining Bio-Techne youll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne and all of its brands provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

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Position Summary
The Simple Plex and Simple Western platforms are automated protein analysis systems within Bio-Techne. The Senior Engineering & Equipment Technician plays a critical role in maintaining repairing troubleshooting and continuously improving automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment used to produce consumable microfluidic cartridges and capillary-based Western Blot cartridges in a cleanroom manufacturing environment. This position serves as a senior technical resource supporting production uptime equipment reliability process improvements and engineering initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain continuous operation of production equipment through advanced diagnostics repair calibration adjustment and component replacement

• Lead troubleshooting of complex mechanical electronic pneumatic fluidic and motion-control systems

• Utilize oscilloscopes digital multimeters power analyzers current probes and other diagnostic tools to identify root causes of equipment failures

• Serve as the technical escalation point for recurring or high-impact equipment failures

• Perform and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime and reliability

• Collaborate with production and engineering teams to resolve equipment and process issues and implement sustainable corrective actions

• Participate in validation and qualification activities for equipment modifications and process improvements

• Train mentor and develop operators and technicians in setup operation maintenance and troubleshooting techniques

• Maintain detailed maintenance records and support ISO 13485 requirements

• Be prepared to gather and show records of maintenance & calibration events during audit cycles

• Assist with facility and infrastructure equipment as required

Required Skills

• Expert troubleshooting and repair capability on automated manufacturing and electro-mechanical equipment

• Proficiency using diagnostic instrumentation: Oscilloscopes multimeters current probes etc.

• Experience troubleshooting motors actuators sensors pneumatics vacuum systems fluid handling equipment and automated systems

• Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics I/O drawings mechanical drawings and pneumatic diagrams

• Strong root-cause analysis problem-solving communication and organizational skills

• Must be capable of working effectively in a team environment

Desired Skills

• Exposure to PLCs HMIs National Instruments Beckhoff & software environments that control these devices

• Experience leading equipment reliability improvement initiatives

• Understanding manufacturing processes: Machining molding assembly and material properties

• Knowledge of ISO 13485 requirements

Education and Experience

• Associate degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology Electronics Mechatronics or Electro-Mechanical disciplines or equivalent work experience

• 5-8 years of experience maintaining and troubleshooting automated manufacturing equipment

• Demonstrated history of resolving complex equipment failures and mentoring less experienced technicians

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical dental vision life short-term disability long-term disability pet and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees financial futures through 401k plans an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Health Saving Account (HSA) Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship promotional opportunities training and development tuition reimbursement internship programs and more.
• We offer employee resource groups volunteer paid time off employee events and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays paid time off and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

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