R&D Engineer

Imagine yourself…

• Working in a commercial R&D engineering environment on complex water analysis equipment combining chemical / mechanical / electrical / software components (i.e., analysers, sensors, optical measurement, etc).
• Utilizing your extended years of instrument development experience in physics, optics, temperature control, fluid dynamics, verification & validation etc, to creatively solve problems at all stages of the new product development lifecycle.
• Joining a leading international company and doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.

At Hach ), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you'll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you'll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world's everyday water needs, and where you'll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we're working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment. More about us:

We offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities

The Opportunity
Hach ) is a leading global B2B provider of instruments and sensors that make water analysis faster, simpler, greener, and more informative.

Based
on-site in Düsseldorf
within our Instrument Development Team, the
R&D Engineer
will collaborate broadly with a variety of engineering teams (electrical/mechanical/firmware etc) to design, evaluate, and test components and systems of water analysis devices.

Reporting to the
Manager Sensor System & Verification
, the R&D Verification Engineer is responsible for component- and system tests of water analysis devices within the R&D Team. Your duties and responsibilities include the investigation of analytical methods. This includes hardware, software, chemistry and application tests of the device. With your recorded results and reports in hand, you also contribute to the continuous improvement of our devices and test methods.

Hach has a continuous improvement-focused culture and offers a highly stimulating engineering environment with excellent career development and growth opportunities.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• You work directly with a team of highly experienced technical experts in multiple roles and technologies,
• You develop verification- and validation plans and reports
• You specify test procedures, measurements and evaluation criteria and optimize them in coordination with the development teams
• You plan, control and conduct manual and automated tests
• You evaluate data using statistical methods and present the results within the project team
• You coordinate independently with other specialist departments in the event of test deviations

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors' or Master's degree in engineering sciences (optics, physics, fluid dynamics, process, electrical or similar)
• preferably several years in a similar position. Knowledge of water analysis methods is very useful but not critical
• Accurate, well organized and eager to learn
• A creative problem solver and have the ability to work both independently and in a team
• Excellent communication skills, including English language (advanced) & German (at least B1/B2 minimum)

About Hach
At Hach ) we ensure water quality for people around the world. You will be part of a flexible, family friendly organization that cares about its people just as it cares about the environment. With :5000 people worldwide, Hach is part of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a family of companies and nearly 17,000 associates dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods.

When you join Veralto, you join a unique culture and work environment
where purpose meets possibility
: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources— and building rewarding careers along the way.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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, Tommi Landis