Staff Engineer, System Design

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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: We are seeking a Staff Engineer – Systems Design to lead the architecture and development of advanced instrumentation platforms within our imaging, detection, and materials analysis portfolio. This role focuses on delivering integrated system solutions across technologies such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF), radiation detection systems, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and advanced electron microscopy platforms (SEM/TEM), along with associated high-performance analytical and sensing systems. You will translate customer and application needs into scalable system architectures, ensuring seamless integration of hardware, software, electronics, detectors, vacuum systems, and data processing capabilities. Operating within a global, cross-functional environment, you will drive technical excellence from concept through commercialization while influencing next-generation platform strategy. REQUIREMENTS: • Lead system architecture and design for complex instrumentation platforms, including XRF analyzers, radiation detection devices, FTIR spectroscopy systems, and electron microscopy technologies (SEM/TEM) • Translate customer workflows and application requirements into robust system-level specifications and design solutions • Drive end-to-end systems engineering activities, including requirements definition, system decomposition, integration, and validation • Collaborate with global teams across R&D, product management, manufacturing, and service to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions • Define and execute verification and validation strategies aligned with performance, reliability, and regulatory expectations • Apply structured engineering methodologies (e.g., FMEA, DOE, root cause analysis) to improve system robustness and lifecycle performance • Provide technical leadership across programs, guiding architectural decisions and resolving complex, multi-domain engineering challenges • <p