Principal Systems Scientist

Job title: Principal Systems Scientist

Company: PerkinElmer

Job description: We are aware that fraudulent job offers are circulating on social media. Perkinelmer does not engage in email interviews, does not requests fees payments and only communicates through our secured enterprise management system. Please note that legitimate emails will always come from a ‘perkinelmer.com’ email address.What is Recruitment Fraud?Recruitment fraud is a sophisticated scam offering fake job opportunities to job seekers. This type of fraud is normally carried out through e-mails or social sites by an individual claiming to be from the company. These fraudsters often request recipients to complete employment forms requiring that you provide your personal identifying information. The scammer may even conduct an “interview” with the job seeker through a virtual conferencing platform and will often request that the job seeker make a payment as part of their fake recruiting process.How to identify Recruitment Fraud?Please note that PerkinElmer DOES NOT:

• Send job offers from free email providers such as Yahoo, Google, etc. Some scammers try to use email addresses that have PerkinElmer in the name, such as

, however, these are not legitimate emails. * Present job offers without an employment application, an interview and a discussion with the hiring manager.

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. The FBI’s IC3 aggregates criminal events and conducts analyses to prosecute these crimes. CloseDon’t ask what’s next. Define it. Step up, stand out and make a Statement.KeywordsLocation Search JobsSharePrincipal Systems ScientistSeer Green United Kingdom Save for LaterResponsibilities Location Seer Green, BuckinghamshireGB Job ID REQ-052837PurposeTactical and strategic oversight of the systems team for a busy program of new product development work. The two primary aspects of the role are system design and specification and design verification. The role requires the successful candidate to develop a good understanding of the function and use of the product as well as the underlying technology, in order to be able to develop and document both high-level functional and performance requirements and detailed sub-system requirements.Collaborates with Key stakeholders to define system design and specification, which may include concept development, design calculations or modelling for optical, mechanical, electronic or algorithmic aspects of the system depending on experience and project requirements. Manage design verification activities will includes running design reviews, as well as design and execution of test plans for prototype evaluation.The role also includes investigation of selected manufacturing/field failures in order to determine root cause and initiate remedial actions.Responsibilities:

• Generally and proactively promote product quality
• Understand the products’ performance parameters both at the system and sub-system level.
• Contributions to high-level design in one or more engineering disciplines (in general, detailing and production of models, drawings etc. will not be the responsibility of the systems/development engineer)
• Interaction with other design engineers to understand potential failure modes
• Design and conduct experiments to test both product performance and the performance of manufacturing fixtures.
• Undertake experimental data analysis and produce summary reports.
• Work with and guide junior staff members in executing test plans and interpreting results
• Actively participate in troubleshooting activities including root cause analysis both in the context of new product development and ongoing manufacturing issues.
• Specification of any software or fixtures required for verification activities
• Be proficient at using software for data collection / analysis.
• Working with other engineers to construct the necessary test equipment
• Working with external test houses
• Identify the need for and specify manufacturing test / QA fixtures and processes
• Liaising with manufacturing and service to understand quality issues
• Work within our product development process
• Exercise responsibility for product quality and performance
• Produce the required level of documentation
• Drive continuous improvement of verification processes.
• Manage personal development towards understanding underlying technologies

Qualifications and experience:Required:

• Bachelor of Science, either physics or an engineering discipline
• 10 years experience in the design, troubleshooting and manufacture of electro-mechanical equipment (preferably instrumentation)
• 5 years experience in technical leadership role
• Experience of working within a structured development program
• High level of engineering / physics / maths knowledge.
• Proven ability to assess technical risk and to recognise failure modes.
• Proven ability to plan a program of work and drive it to completion
• Proven ability to design and construct experiments
• A structured approach to work and the ability to operate within a formal framework.
• Good data analysis and report writing skills
• Ability to use complex software

Advantageous:Postgraduate qualification in an engineering or physical science discipline * Good physics knowledge

• Knowledge of optics
• Experience developing high performing teams
• Experience in developing high precision designs
• Experience of product development within a company making some form of measurement instrumentation
• Familiarity with product design methodologies
• Formal training in FMEA
• Scientific background or interests
• Some business knowledge
• Some programming skills
• Some manufacturing knowledge

PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

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Location: Seer Green, Buckinghamshire

Job date: Fri, 10 May 2024 00:05:27 GMT

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