Engineer

Bring more to life.

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

At Cytiva, 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.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Principal Engineer will assume responsibility for the development of tailored solutions utilizing the full catalog of Cytiva technology and capabilities to meet the customers’ process and facility requirements. Through face-to-face interactions with clients, upfront process consultation and engineering activities, the Principal Engineer will develop detailed end-to-end solutions in support of turn-key, innovative and complex commercial opportunities. The Principal Engineer is a strategic role within the Custom Engineering US organization. As the CE organization is the premier supplier of standard, customized, and specialty processing equipment for Cytiva, technical support of new commercial opportunities is critical to growth.

This position reports to the Sr Manager, Project Management and is part of the Custom Engineering Team located in Shrewsbury, MA, and will be an on-site role .

What you will do:

• Support Sales with customer meetings to discuss Cytiva technologies and capabilities, in the context of the customers process and facility requirements.
• Perform technical review of initial customer enquiry (RFP, URS, etc.)
• Develop a turn-key, integrated technical solution for the customers’ process
• Provide technical support to Project Management and Engineering team in the development of proposals for the delivery of turn-key integrated solution
• Maintain agreed to timelines for deliverables in support of the sales opportunity
  
  

Who you are:

• A Bachelor’s degree is essential
• Over 5 years of experience in engineering, operations, process development, or project management within the life sciences or a closely related industry
  
  

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Travel upwards 25% - international and domestic
  
  

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

• 5+ years of industrial experience (biotechnology and pharma) in engineering or manufacturing operations
• Practical application of pharmaceutical / biologics regulations.
• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite; working knowledge of project management software (Basecamp, MS Project) experience in performing equipment testing (FAT, SAT, commissioning, and qualification)
  
  

Cytiva, 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.

At Cytiva we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cytiva can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $130,000.00 – 160,000 .00. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.

This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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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