Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description

With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Mechanical Engineer

Uppsala, Sweden
This position is based in Uppsala, where Thermo Fisher develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. With 1,900 employees worldwide, and 1,000 in Sweden, we are the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.

Discover Impactful Work:

Would you like to use your knowledge as a Mechanical Engineer and have a possibility to help our customers how they conduct and diagnose allergies and autoimmune diseases around the world?
You are a dedicated person who wants to develop products in the life science area. We can offer you an exciting and rewarding career where you will get an excellent opportunity to develop your technical skills as well as professionally in one of the world's largest life science companies.
Come and work in an exciting role where you can really make a difference in people's lives!

A day in the Life:

As a mechanical engineer in product development projects and product and process care activities with extensive experience from developing of injection molded parts. You will develop hardware requirements and solutions for new products, as well as refining design for legacy products, by coordination and implementing improvements.
You will work in a small team that is responsible for consumables used in allergy testing equipment. The work will include traditional mechanical engineer work from concept to full verified and validated products in close collaboration with instrument developers and production engineers. Work shall mainly be made on site in Uppsala.

Keys to Success:

As a person it’s important that you are curious, self-going, driven and a communicative person. You will interact with many team members both internal at Thermo Fisher and suppliers/partners to Thermo Fisher Globally.

Education

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent within Mechanical Engineering, or another relevant technical subject.
  

Experience

• Experience from development of injection molded parts.
  
• Experience from development of serial produced products.
  
• Understanding of complex product requirements.
  
• Experience from development, based on data driven decisions.
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Skilled in 3D-CAD, preferably surface modeling (Creo)
  
• Experience from life science.
  
• Contribute to planning activities.
  
• Ability of working independently, taking ownership for the management of processes, projects, and timelines.
  
• Communicate and report to lead designers and to team members.
  
• Knowledge and experience within Six sigma.
  
• Skilled to work across departments, in a matrix organization.
  
• Strong self-leadership and presentation skills.
  
• Result driven and team -orientated with the ability to influence outcomes as necessary.
  
• Good organizational and time managements skills to lead multiple ongoing business activities simultaneously.
  
• Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global company, so it is important that you feel comfortable in an international and changing work environment. Good English skills are a requirement for this position.
  
• Most of all you should enjoy working in a team that wants to have fun at work helping each other crafting great products.
  

Benefits

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation! We believe it is not only the salary that matters when you decide to take up employment with us. We also offer a range of attractive benefits, together with a meaningful purpose and an exciting working environment where you can truly develop your potential. We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits such as health benefits, flexible working hours, and a bonus scheme for all employees.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. A one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #Start Your Story at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.