Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Rapidly Growing Life Sciences Technology Company Ultima Genomics is a rapidly growing company that is developing ground-breaking genomics technologies. Our mission is to continuously drive the scale of genomic information to enable unprecedented advances in biology and improvements in human health. We have developed a foundational new approach to sequencing at scale that overcomes limitations due to the high costs of current technologies. We are well-funded and have raised approximately $600 million from global top-tier investors. Our team brings together unique and diverse expertise across multiple disciplines, from healthcare and life sciences, to engineering, to technology and software and beyond. We are a collaborative group, including successful entrepreneurs, chemists, hardware and software engineers, genomics and biotechnology experts, molecular and computational biologists, software and algorithm experts, and operations and commercial leaders. Join us to develop and commercialize technologies that unleash the power of genomics at scale and empower the future of human health. We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our team! As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will play an important role in the development and commercialization of technology and products that will accelerate our understanding of life, biology and disease and transform large industries. You will work as a part of Manufacturing Engineering Team supporting production on preparing, installing and configuring a variety of subassembly and system level components. This is a full-time onsite position at our Fremont, CA location. How You’ll Contribute • Responsible for all aspects of production documentation for complex DNA sequencing systems and sub-assemblies including Incoming Quality Control (IQC), build, test, and rework procedures • Review, create, and update documentation for high volume procurement such as drawings for cables, Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA), electromechanical assemblies, and Off-The-Shelf (OTS) parts and subsystems • Provide vendor feedback and review as needed to maintain incoming product quality and compliance • Support new product development, engineering test, manufacturing test, and manufacturing and contract manufacturing (CM) outsourcing • Work closely with R&D teams on design transfer, Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation and Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) • Facilitate and participate in feasibility studies alongside development engineering to build the product validation and test requirements/equipment to support manufacturing • Be "first line of defense” for manufacturing issues and escalate through appropriate chains of communication to address them in a timely fashion • Troubleshoot and conduct root cause analysis of production equipment and failed Operational Qualification (OQ) for electrical and electromechanical assemblies, and PCBAs • Own continuous improvement of existing products to end of product life cycle • Follow closely and manage the steps from development to full production; calling for a design freeze, pre-production test and validation builds (pilot builds), lead cross-functional communication between development, procurement, manufacturing, quality, and field operations • Develop and maintain project schedules for design freezes for Bill of Materials (BOM) release, long lead time orders and risk buys • Review designs to identify opportunities for improvement prior to release to production • Maintain visibility and coordination of components for field testing • Support quality in First Article Inspection (FAI) • Apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM); Design for Assembly (DFA); and Design for Quality (DFQ) principles to optimize desig