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Lead Automation Engineering Technician

Danaher · Lodi, CA

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Level
Manager
Team
Controls
Base pay
$82k–$95k
Degree
Required
Experience asked
5+ years
Industry
Pharma & life sciences
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management controls role at Danaher (pharma & life sciences) in Lodi, CA. In this role, you will have the opportunity to.

They ask for
5+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Automation
Base pay
$82k–$95k

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How this role compares

Against 82 other live controls postings in California.

Base pay
About 42% below similar roles

Typical $124k–$179k, from 54 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Typical (5+ years)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Automation 60%
  • PLC 45%
  • Python 40%
  • ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 37%
  • Robotics 31%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone on the team first.

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This plant: Danaher in Lodi

1 other open role at this site.

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In this role, you will have the opportunity to

  • ◆Execute engineering experiments, process development activities, and validation studies to support new product introductions and continuous improvement of existing assembly processes.
  • ◆Coordinate and support engineering, validation, and component testing activities by working closely with cross-functional teams including raw material supply, manufacturing, and test engineering groups.
  • ◆Analyze results, document findings, and provide recommendations for process improvements, procedures, protocols, and equipment performance.

The essential

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in

  • ✓Associate degree in Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Technology, or a related technical field.
  • ✓Experience supporting process development, validation activities, and automated assembly equipment in a biomedical device or other regulated manufacturing environment.
  • ✓Experience working with plastic components, component testing, and data collection/analysis to support engineering investigations and process improvements.

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info .

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com .

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Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Lead Automation Engineering Technician is responsible for execution of engineering experiments related to new process development and/or improve existing assembly processes, as well as supporting validation runs on new equipment and process.

This position reports to the Director of Automation Mechanical Engineering and is part of the Automation Engineering located in Lodi, CA and will be an on-site role.

of the job include

  • •High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • •Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Automation Technician, Process Engineering Technician, R&D Technician, or in a similar manufacturing support role.
  • •Demonstrated experience supporting engineering experiments, process development, equipment troubleshooting, validation activities, and operation of automated manufacturing equipment in a production or development environment.

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