Staff Systems Engineer

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position Summary

We are seeking aStaff Systems Engineer to join a growing R&D team in Hyderabad supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for theKingFisher sample preparation systems andDetection instruments.

In this role, you will act as atechnical lead for system and subsystem initiatives, driving cross-functional problem solving, supporting system architecture, and ensuring product performance, reliability, and cost competitiveness. You will play a key role inexecuting sustaining and VAVE programs, while contributing to the development of local capabilities that will expand intofuture product development ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Systems Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Act as atechnical lead for system or subsystem initiatives, working across hardware, software, firmware, and consumables.
• Contribute tosystem architecture, requirements definition, and interface specifications.
• Leadroot cause investigations and structured problem solving for complex technical issues.
• Drivedesign trade-offs with guidance from senior technical leaders.

Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Management

• Execute and lead workstreams forsustaining engineering, including issue resolution, design updates, and component obsolescence.
• Support development and execution oflifecycle management plans.
• Partner with global teams to ensureeffective knowledge transfer and continuity of product understanding.

Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE)

• Identify and implementcost reduction opportunities at system and subsystem levels.
• Lead or contribute tocross-functional VAVE initiatives with R&D, operations, and sourcing.
• Evaluatealternative components and design changes to improve cost and scalability.

Technical Contribution & Platform Support

• Contribute totechnology and product roadmap discussions, providing system-level input.
• Support system integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Help advance the team’s capabilities towardbroader product development ownership.

Global & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate withglobal R&D teams (Finland, US, Singapore) to support knowledge transfer and ongoing technical alignment.
• Partner withBusiness Unit Product Management to ensure alignment of technical execution with product priorities.
• Interface withmanufacturing, quality, service, and sourcing to support product performance and issue resolution.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to acollaborative team environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related); advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience insystems engineering, product development, or related roles.
• Experience working withmulti-disciplinary systems (hardware, software, firmware, etc.).
• Strong skills inproblem solving, root cause analysis, and technical execution.
• Experience working incross-functional and global team environments.