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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The Staff Systems Engineer for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for defining and leading the system-level control logic architecture, and for supporting the integration activities and associated development efforts of our next-generation hematology analyzers. This person is an integral member of the New Product Development team comprised of Systems and Systems Integration SMEs.

This position reports to the Director of Systems and Systems Integration and is part of the Systems Engineering Team located in Bangalore, India and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Define the strategy and build the systems architecture which support the multiple diagnostic analyzers and automation throughout our product portfolio.
• Drive and evaluate resulting system performance, speed and throughput, and identify root causes for system-level issues, latencies and resource conflicts between Hardware, Firmware, Software and Reagents.
• Contribute to DFMEA, risk management, hazard assessment and design review sessions with Engineering and Systems teams. Analyze outputs and identify HW, FW and SW mitigating solutions to implement adequate risk control measures.
• Refine system architecture and module dependencies, and implement a comprehensive approach for event handling, error reporting, system recovery, while working alongside other engineering teams. Guarantee high quality technical documentation in alignment with Beckman Coulter’s processes to ensure a successful transition to Manufacturing, and Global Support.
• Define validation plans and test complex modules and systems, ensuring that components of the system are integrated from low-level HW to top-level UI and function as a whole. Adopt a hands-on approach to troubleshoot engineering prototypes in their successive iterations and releases.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years minimum direct work experience, or master’s degree with 8+ years minimum direct work experience in a related Engineering discipline (Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, Biomedical, Systems Engineering).
• Expertise in the design, development, system integration, testing and maturation of Medical Diagnostics / Life Sciences / Analytical / Scientific Instrumentation, or complex systems incorporating a mix of fluidics, electro-mechanical and optical hardware, electronics, firmware, embedded computers and software.
• Thorough understanding of system architecture and sub-system dependencies, and of risk analysis, mitigation and controls, relating to instrument control logic, dynamic time allocation, hardware synchronization and resource sharing.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Ability to travel – 10% worldwide

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

• Fluidics, precision liquid handling, automation and associated hardware and sensors.
• Definition, planning and execution of multi-cycle integration test, risk retirement and characterization activities in an Agile environment against tight schedules and deadlines.
• Statistical data analysis and reporting software, such as JMP, Minitab, or Excel statistics macros.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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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