Life Sciences Manufacturing Process Engineering Technician

Job Description

Job Description Bring more to life—join Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Ready to accelerate your potential and make a measurable impact across life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology? Beckman Coulter Life Sciences—one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies—creates instruments and automation that ultimately help save lives. You’ll be part of a culture of belonging where your perspective matters, and you’ll harness the Danaher Business System to turn ideas into outcomes—innovating at the speed of life.

Time is the laboratory’s most precious resource. We partner with scientists to accelerate therapies to patients, automate tedious workflows, and reduce time spent troubleshooting complex results. Since 1935, and with 3,300+ colleagues (many of us scientists ourselves), we’ve been advancing meaningful innovations. Together, let’s put our time and talents to work to move human health forward.

Role overview

As a Process Engineering Technician, you will support manufacturing and sustaining engineering activities for life science instruments produced at our Indianapolis, IN site. This on-site role reports to the Sr. Manager, Manufacturing/Process Engineering and focuses on resolving product and process issues impacting quality, delivery, and cost while meeting regulatory and company standards.

A day in the role

• Provide sustaining engineering support across key product lines: Particle Characterization, Centrifuge, and Liquid Handling Automation.
• Own electrical and mechanical design work—concept through release—to address customer quality concerns, improve operational metrics (delivery, yield, cost), and implement regulatory or feature-driven changes.
• Lead and document design change initiatives in compliance with design control procedures.
• Diagnose and resolve technical assembly issues using structured problem-solving (5 Why, Scientific Method), reliability thinking, and error-proofing.
• Schedule calibrations and perform preventive maintenance on production and internal instrumentation.
• Troubleshoot complex electro-mechanical systems; read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Support non-conforming event (Out of Tolerance) investigations and drive timely closure within required timeframes.

What you bring

• Associate degree with 1+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred experience

• Hands-on calibration and preventive maintenance of complex electro-mechanical, fluid handling, pneumatic, and thermal systems to SOPs and quality/regulatory standards.
• Administration and maintenance of calibration tools and records.
• Strong knowledge of digital/analog electronics; proficiency reading electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.

Physical requirements

• Ability to lift 25 lbs.
• Able to stand for extended periods; work may involve repetitive arm/wrist motions.

Why Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

• Be part of a mission-driven team improving the pace and precision of science.
• Thrive in a culture of continuous improvement powered by the Danaher Business System.
• Explore competitive, comprehensive benefits designed for life beyond work. Learn more: Danaher Benefits Info.

If you’re excited to use structured problem solving to elevate quality and throughput on instruments that matter, we’d love to meet you.