At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world’s most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.
Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.
Cepheid is searching for an Manufacturing engineer that will work from our site in Solna. In this role you will be responsible for supporting PAL production lines, providing support for validation of new equipment and participating in driving continuous improvement activities.
The manufacturing engineer will also be responsible for identifying improvements to existing manufacturing processes on automated assembly lines and actively participate in a hands-on capacity with the modification and upgrading of existing equipment. Ability to work in an office, laboratory and production environment is required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (MINIMAL COMPETENCIES):

• +3 years’ experience as design or manufacturing engineer.
• Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical assembly, testing, and inspection processes and Lean principles.
• Strong problem-solving ability, including demonstrated ability to effectively design, execute, report on, and draw conclusions from experiments.
• Comfortable interacting with technicians, engineers, and management on a regular basis.
• Strong technical skills in prototyping, tooling development and troubleshooting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in the Medical device field
• Experience in writing and execute validation protocols (IQ, OQ & PQ) and reports
• Working knowledge of controls (PLC) and process engineering software packages
• Conceptual understanding of mechanical parts & automation equipment
• 3D/2D CAD skills (AutoCAD/Solidworks preferred).
• Oral and written communication skills in Swedish.

• Taking ownership of production lines, resolve manufacturability issues, and drive improvements for cost and efficiency.
• Supports, maintains, improves modifies and further develops the manufacturing lines as needed for sustaining production.
• Leads/participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining work flow.
• Support the validation and qualification activities for new equipment and processes.
• Design, document, assemble, qualify and introduce production assembly/test/inspection fixtures and equipment
• Designs and creates production equipment, fixtures and tests as needed to build the production line either internally or as needed at suppliers.