Systems Engineer

At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in developing complex scientific instruments integrating optics, fluidics, motion, thermal and electrical functions. In this role, you will work across R&D teams to support hardware at all phases of development to help drive design feedback, integration, reliability, and continuous performance improvement. Strong engineering fundamentals, rigorous critical thinking skills, and a methodical approach to troubleshooting and data analysis are essential attributes. This role will report to our Manager, Engineering Operations and will be a San Diego based on-site role.

If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Manage internal fleet of R&D instruments through issue tracking system (JIRA)
• Work with engineering teams to define, document, and execute subsystem and system level testing of sequencing instruments
• Propose tests and experiments to investigate issues and verify fixes
• Execute tests, analyze results, and present to cross functional teams
• Analyze internal and external instrument logs to troubleshoot failures
• Contribute to and/or lead interdisciplinary root cause analysis involving electromechanical, thermal, optical and fluidic factors
• Conduct prototype instrument assembly, bring-up and functional test activities
• Support execution of engineering and design verification activities
• Contribute to characterization of instrument system performance
• Work hands-on to integrate hardware, software, and firmware and identify and fix technical issues

Education and Experience:

• Minimum BS degree in Engineering or Physics and 2+ years relevant work experience (or equivalent combination of education and industry experience)
• Prior experience as a systems engineer with molecular diagnostics, genomic or similar automated instruments preferred
• Proficient with data analysis in MATLAB, Python, JMP or other programing languages or analysis tools required
• Hands-on engineer that has a strong commitment to working in the lab to improve product performance
• Experience with optics, fluidics, motion, or thermal testing beneficial
• Good documentation skills and efficient at time management
• Ability to work in a fast paced, interdisciplinary environment and quickly adjust to rapidly evolving technology and priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of clearly explaining technical issues and ideas to peers and management

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 20 pounds

Location:

• San Diego – on-site

Travel: 

• N/A

Job Type:

• Full-time, Exempt

Base Compensation Pay Range:

• $90,000 - $110,000

In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options, discretionary annual bonus, no cost health insurance plans, 401k with company match, and flexible paid time off. 

Please note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience. 

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.