Engineer III, Sustainable Product Design

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Company Introduction

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.

Location/Division-Specific Information

Carlsbad, California

Role Summary

The Experience Design Center seeks a dedicated Engineer III, Product Development to drive sustainable product design and innovation. You will collaborate with multi-functional teams to embed sustainability principles, conduct product-based life cycle assessments, and support net-zero emissions goals aligned with business priorities and customer needs.

How will you make an impact?

• You will independently lead multiple projects, while collaborating with and supporting cross-functional teams.
• You will set clear goals and drive initiatives from concept to commercialization.
• You will contribute to Thermo Fisher's and our customers' net zero commitments.

What will you do? (Responsibilities)

• Continuously expand your knowledge of new technologies.
• Network with industry professionals and attend events to build and maintain KOL networks.
• Identify competitive landscape and differentiation opportunities for outstanding product design.
• Address current business and technical challenges and look to improve future technologies and practices.
• Contribute to projects by applying knowledge to help turn ideas into viable, more environmentally friendly products with a focus on user experience.
• Actively engage in team discussions, offering input and considering technical and business feedback.
• Advocate for innovative ideas and diverse viewpoints in project meetings with team and partners.
• Perform product environmental impact assessments.
• Assist in translating broad product portfolios into actionable balanced design archetypes, applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
• Demonstrate persistence and follow-through in professional tasks, ensuring ideas and projects are pursued to completion and not abandoned prematurely.
• Develop prototypes to quantify the environmental and cost impacts of proposed design changes.
• Support the review and verification of product claims to ensure compliance with relevant sustainability standards and third-party ecolabels.

How will you get here? (Knowledge/Skills)

• 1-2 years of experience in sustainability, R&D, product design, or a combination thereof.
• Familiarity with instrumentation, consumables, and workflows used in academia, pharma and biotech research laboratories.

Education & Experience

• The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits, including 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!

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $96,000.00-$125,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit:

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Company Introduction

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.

Location/Division-Specific Information

Carlsbad, California

Role Summary

The Experience Design Center seeks a dedicated Engineer III, Product Development to drive sustainable product design and innovation. You will collaborate with multi-functional teams to embed sustainability principles, conduct product-based life cycle assessments, and support net-zero emissions goals aligned with business priorities and customer needs.

How will you make an impact?

• You will independently lead multiple projects, while collaborating with and supporting cross-functional teams.
• You will set clear goals and drive initiatives from concept to commercialization.
• You will contribute to Thermo Fisher's and our customers' net zero commitments.

What will you do? (Responsibilities)

• Continuously expand your knowledge of new technologies.
• Network with industry professionals and attend events to build and maintain KOL networks.
• Identify competitive landscape and differentiation opportunities for outstanding product design.
• Address current business and technical challenges and look to improve future technologies and practices.
• Contribute to projects by applying knowledge to help turn ideas into viable, more environmentally friendly products with a focus on user experience.
• Actively engage in team discussions, offering input and considering technical and business feedback.
• Advocate for innovative ideas and diverse viewpoints in project meetings with team and partners.
• Perform product environmental impact assessments.
• Assist in translating broad product portfolios into actionable balanced design archetypes, applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.
• Demonstrate persistence and follow-through in professional tasks, ensuring ideas and projects are pursued to completion and not abandoned prematurely.
• Develop prototypes to quantify the environmental and cost impacts of proposed design changes.
• Support the review and verification of product claims to ensure compliance with relevant sustainability standards and third-party ecolabels.

How will you get here? (Knowledge/Skills)

• 1-2 years of experience in sustainability, R&D, product design, or a combination thereof.
• Familiarity with instrumentation, consumables, and workflows used in academia, pharma and biotech research laboratories.

Education & Experience

• The candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits, including 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!

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $96,000.00-$125,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit:

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.