Role Overview
Responsible for supporting product lifecycle activities, including new product introduction, product transfer, and ongoing manufacturing operations. This role ensures product quality, yield, and compliance through engineering evaluation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
About Illumina
At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and drive product transfer into manufacturing.
- Perform data trending and analysis.
- Apply FMEA, DOE, and statistical analysis to optimize product quality and reduce costs.
- Drive process improvements, cost reduction, and product sustaining activities.
- Manage Engineering Change Request and Notifications (CRs and CNs), including updates to work instructions and test requirements.
- Support documentation: engineering drawings, BOMs, test reports, assembly procedures, and validation plans.
- Lead component lifecycle management for multiple projects, ensuring timely updates and accuracy in Altium Vault and database.
- Develop embedded systems, electrical designs, schematics, and PCB layouts for current and new products.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent working knowledge of embedded systems, circuit theory, and analog/digital electronics.
- Excellent knowledge of PCBA design and solid understanding of ICT/FCT and PCBA manufacturing processes.
- Excellent knowledge of Altium Designer or similar PCB design tools.
- Experience in EMC/EMI design and countermeasures.
- Advanced problem-solving techniques (FMEA, 5 Whys, 8D) and statistical engineering tools (DOE).
- Ability to lead technical discussions and interface with manufacturing and service organizations.
- Strong understanding of BOM structuring and Engineering Change Management.
Required Skills & Tech
Embedded SystemsCircuit TheoryAnalog/Digital ElectronicsPCBA DesignICT/FCTAltium DesignerEMC/EMIFMEADOELabViewPythonVisual BasicSAPPLMFPGA VHDL/Verilog