Mechanical Engineer - South San Francisco, United States - Culture Biosciences
Description
About Us:
Culture's mission is to make bioprocess development and scale-up as fast and easy as scaling software.
Towards this aim, Culture's first offering enables biopharma, biotechnology, and synthetic biology companies to run their bioprocessing R&D in the cloud.
Clients design, manage, and analyze bioprocess experiments in Culture's Console web application.Culture's offering enables customers to focus on designing and improving their process versus spending time and effort building out their own high-throughput process development laboratory.
While customers remotely observe the process and analyze data, the experiments are executed in Culture's cloud bioreactor facility in South San Francisco.
The facility is enabled by Culture's proprietary 250mL and 5L single-use bioreactor technology and software systems.At Culture, we combine our passions for biomanufacturing, engineering, and operations to build new solutions that make bioprocess development and scale-up faster.
We value curiosity, communication, collaboration, customer focus and a drive for results.The Opportunity:
Culture Biosciences is looking for a Mechanical Engineer. The Mechanical Engineer is a key player in the conceptualization, design, implementation, and test of electro-mechanical hardware systems.
This person must be familiar with designing mechanisms, device enclosures, machined, molded, and formed components and coordinating complex assembly methods.
An understanding of fundamental engineering principles to optimize mechanical performance, system reliability, manufacturability is required and understanding of sterilization effectiveness and biocompatibility would be a plus.
The engineer will contribute to the Hardware organization by contributing to bioreactor system specifications, drawings, vendor sourcing, testing and commercial product release.
In addition, the engineer will participate in manufacturing process development.What you'll do:
The position requires a wide application of principles, theories, and concepts in the functional engineering field and a working knowledge of other related disciplines.
This individual must have a strong technical background in the design of mechanical components and assemblies as well as the ability to solve challenging problems.
The candidate must have the capacity to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment, and contribute to reach team objectives.
Experience in 3D CAD, product lifecycle management and Agile development processes are a plus. Generate and implement concepts and solutions for new products as well as provide engineering support for existing product evolution.Collaborate with other engineers, technicians, contract manufacturers, assemblers, or other support personnel to assist in design, manufacture, testing, debugging and optimizing system performance.
Contribute to the definition of requirements for new products, creation of engineering specifications, and verification and validation efforts.Give input to project plans, schedules, and specifications for new product development.
About you:
3+ years of related experienceBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related science. Experienced in creating 3D models and drawings.
Experienced in creatively prototyping and testing ideas via conventional rapid prototype methods.
Experience in a production environmentAbility to work with suppliers and ensure timeline and quality achievementAbility to work on multiple projects simultaneouslyExperience working in a multidisciplinary team.
Provide hands-on troubleshooting during system development, manufacturing transfer, and design verification/validation activities.Must be capable of clearly communicating engineering concepts, project status, and technical risk to other individuals and teams.
Experience w/ medical, biotech, robotics, capital equipment development and/or manufacturing are a plus.
In return, we offer a supportive environment.
Our company values are:
Lift others up. Because we all do better when we help each other succeed.
Commitment to reliability. Our teammates and customers are counting on us.
Think like an owner. Progress is driven by teams who care.
Try new things.
Big innovations start with small ideas and actionsLocation & Schedule:
This is an onsite position with the option of working from home one day per week.
We're looking for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area who is able to work in person at our office in South San Francisco at least 4 days per week.
Base Salary Range:
Culture Biosciences's compensation package includes market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, and great benefits. Our expected salary range for this role is $115,000 to $130,000.
Benefits:
Competitive salary and equity compensationMedical, Dental, Vision, and Life insuranceMedical and Dependent Care FSA (prorated based on start-date)401(k) plan with company matchResponsible Time Off (non-accrual based) policy, 10 paid company holidays and a week-long winter break12 weeks of parental leave at full salaryFor onsite employees:Commuter benefitsAccess to on-site child care facility, subject to availabilityFree onsite breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, and gym (varies based on COVID-19 restrictions)Culture Biosciences provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.