Senior Product Engineer 23 months FTC

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.

This role is offered on a 23 month Fixed Term Contract with the potential to be extended/ made permanent in the future

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

What you will do:

• Act as technical owner for assigned Lab Filtration product families, providing independent engineering judgement and technical direction across product performance, design, manufacturing capability, compliance, and lifecycle decisions.
• Lead complex design changes, supplier changes, product transfers, sustainment programmes, and technical workstreams, including planning engineering deliverables, assessing risk, and driving decisions through appropriate governance and change-control processes.
• Lead verification, validation, product characterisation, qualification, design review, and risk-management activities for new product development, product improvement, and lifecycle projects.
• Lead the resolution of significant product, manufacturing, quality, and customer issues using advanced root-cause analysis; define technically justified corrective and preventive actions and support operational recovery where required.
• Deliver strategic improvements in quality, cost, capacity, reliability, manufacturability, and customer outcomes while mentoring colleagues and influencing engineering standards and best practices across related teams.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent recognised qualification, in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Design, Materials Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Substantial experience in product engineering, sustaining engineering, product development, or regulated manufacturing, including independent ownership of complex technical deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical projects or engineering workstreams involving design change, product transfer, supplier change, validation, or product lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of design control, verification and validation, technical risk management, engineering change control, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Experience influencing cross-functional decisions and communicating technical recommendations to Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Product Management, or other business stakeholders.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – 10% travel, overnight, within territory or locations
• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record

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

• Experience in filtration, life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, biotechnology, or another regulated industry.
• Experience leading supplier qualification, global manufacturing transfer, or business-continuity engineering activities.
• Working knowledge of quality and regulatory frameworks applicable to healthcare, life-science, or medical-device products.

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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.