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Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering

ThermoFisher Scientific

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Location
St. Louis, MO
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Staff Manufacturing Engineer provides technical leadership for complex manufacturing processes, equipment automation, and capital projects. The role collaborates across functions to improve production efficiency, ensure product quality, and implement advanced technologies. It involves solving technical challenges in regulated manufacturing environments and supporting Thermo Fisher Scientific’s mission to enable healthier, cleaner, and safer outcomes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementcGMPFDA RegulationsQuality Management SystemsManufacturing ProcessesClean Room ManufacturingAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingData-Driven Decision MakingValidation Protocol DevelopmentRegulated DocumentationCAD SoftwareManufacturing Execution SystemsProduction Control SystemsCross-Functional LeadershipCommunicationConcurrent Project ManagementTechnical Solution ImplementationMentoringMicrosoft OfficeEngineering SoftwareTechnical WritingRisk AssessmentRisk MitigationSafety ProtocolsRegulatory Compliance

Qualifications

Advanced Degree+6 Yrs or Bachelor's+8 YrsManufacturing Engineering ExperienceRegulated Industry ExperienceEngineering Degree or RelatedProfessional Engineering DesignationRelevant CertificationsPharmaceutical or Medical Device or Biotechnology ExperienceUp to 20% TravelUS Work Authorization Without SponsorshipBackground Check and Drug Screening

Benefits

Medical Insurance

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

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.

DESCRIPTION:

Join an innovative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll advance manufacturing excellence and contribute to impactful solutions. As a Staff Manufacturing Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership for complex manufacturing processes, equipment automation, and capital projects. You'll collaborate across multiple functions to enhance production efficiency, ensure product quality, and implement advanced technologies. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while supporting our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in manufacturing engineering in regulated industries (pharmaceutical, medical device, or biotechnology preferred)

  • Preferred Fields of Study: Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial or related field)

  • Professional Engineering designation or relevant certifications are assets

  • Strong project management experience leading complex capital equipment and facility projects

  • Experience with cGMP, FDA regulations, and quality management systems

  • Advanced knowledge of manufacturing processes, including clean room

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven decision making

  • Experience developing validation protocols and documentation for regulated environments

  • Expertise in CAD software, manufacturing execution systems, and production control systems

  • Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills

  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a dynamic environment

  • Success record of implementing innovative technical solutions

  • Experience mentoring engineers and technical staff

  • Up to 20% travel may be required

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and relevant engineering software packages

  • Strong documentation and technical writing capabilities

  • Experience with risk assessment and mitigation strategies

  • Knowledge of safety protocols and regulatory compliance requirements

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Other

Relocation assistance is not provided.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future, without sponsorship.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,484 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$113–173K/yr676 salary ranges
  • US median$22–29/hr257 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 11 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs in Missouri and 1,484 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Manufacturing Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (887 postings).
Education
666 of the 1,484 open Manufacturing Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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