Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist 2

Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist 2 - US1

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of People around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options
for patients.

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Summary
As a Systems Integration Engineer/Scientist 2 at Illumina you will work in a dynamic, team-oriented environment and help create and test genomic analysis tools used in the leading edge of research. You will participate in the development of high quality, robust products through the integration of hardware, software and chemistry components. You will also design and execute test plans and optimize systems product performance. A major part of the role will be to work with manufacturing to ensure that our products are fully tested and diagnose any issues through troubleshooting experiments and root cause analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on testing and integration of DNA sequencing systems - hardware, firmware, software, chemistry/reagents, and application components
• Execute design verification and validation test plans, collect data and prepare reports
• Tracking and logging of issues encountered during the development process
• Work effectively within a cross-functional project team (development, manufacturing, marketing, service, etc.)
• Write new procedures for instrument testing and quality control
• Support manufacturing through troubleshooting

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with 1-2 years of Basic wet laboratory experience and or instrumentation desired
• Understanding of sequencing systems, library preparation methodology, molecular biology and similar techniques is helpful
• Programming experiences in data analysis/management and or scripting tool development (Python, Matlab etc)
• Hands-on experiences with laboratory automation systems
• Demonstrated ability to solve difficult hardware/software/chemistry integration issues
• Must be passionate about troubleshooting and problem-solving and be extremely detailed oriented
• Successfully demonstrated the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Solid communication and writing skills are required
• A desire to be a part of a fast paced, multidisciplinary and dynamic environment is a must

Education Requirements

• B.S./M.S. in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biology, or equivalent

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