Staff Engineer Systems Design

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to join a growing R&D team in Hyderabad supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments.

In this role, you will act as a technical lead for system and subsystem initiatives, driving cross-functional problem solving, supporting system architecture, and ensuring product performance, reliability, and cost competitiveness. You will play a key role in executing sustaining and VAVE programs, while contributing to the development of local capabilities that will expand into future product development ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Systems Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Act as a technical lead for system or subsystem initiatives, working across hardware, software, firmware, and consumables.
• Contribute to system architecture, requirements definition, and interface specifications.
• Lead root cause investigations and structured problem solving for complex technical issues.
• Drive design trade-offs with guidance from senior technical leaders.
  
  

• Execute and lead workstreams for sustaining engineering, including issue resolution, design updates, and component obsolescence.
• Support development and execution of lifecycle management plans.
• Partner with global teams to ensure effective knowledge transfer and continuity of product understanding.
  
  

• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities at system and subsystem levels.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional VAVE initiatives with R&D, operations, and sourcing.
• Evaluate alternative components and design changes to improve cost and scalability.
  
  

• Contribute to technology and product roadmap discussions, providing system-level input.
• Support system integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Help advance the team’s capabilities toward broader product development ownership.
  
  

• Collaborate with global R&D teams (Finland, US, Singapore) to support knowledge transfer and ongoing technical alignment.
• Partner with Business Unit Product Management to ensure alignment of technical execution with product priorities.
• Interface with manufacturing, quality, service, and sourcing to support product performance and issue resolution.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a collaborative team environment.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related); advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, product development, or related roles.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary systems (hardware, software, firmware, etc.).
• Strong skills in problem solving, root cause analysis, and technical execution.
• Experience working in cross-functional and global team environments.
  
  

• Experience with life sciences or analytical instrumentation (e.g., sample prep, PCR/qPCR).
• Experience with VAVE, cost reduction, or design for manufacturability.
• Familiarity with product development processes and design controls.
• Experience with requirements management and system integration.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
  
  

• Serves as a technical lead for key system and subsystem initiatives.
• Drives execution of sustaining engineering and VAVE efforts.
• Contributes to system-level decisions and product improvements.
• Supports the growth of R&D capability in Hyderabad.