Mechanical Engineer

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today:  time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It's all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we're just beginning. Working together, let's put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for supporting both sustaining of released products and development of new designs and products.

This position reports to the Manager Hardware Engineering and is part of the Engineering Team located in Aachen and will be an on-site role.
This position is initially offered on a one-year fixed-term contract (with the possibility of extension or transition to a permanent role).

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Hands-on product design, development, and verification tasks related to hardware, software, and microplate consumable interoperability, with the goal of achieving overall product and process performance requirements for our cell health products.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, science and manufacturing team
• Development of constructive solutions and creation of CAD drawings suitable for production
• Conducting feasibility studies and testing new and modified designs

The essential requirements of the job include:

• M.S./B.S. with 2+ years of experience in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar engineering field.
• excellent CAD skills
• Good knowledge of German and English, both written and spoken
• Structured, independent work, high level of practical judgment, reliability, organizational talent and enjoy working in a team

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience with design, documentation, and assembly of complex instrumentation
• Proficiency with SolidWorks, Enovia and design documentation
• Proficiency in control engineering and fluid mechanics are a plus
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Python and general C programming is a plus

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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