Lab Engineer

Job Title: Integration Lab Engineer

Job Description

This role involves providing direct and onsite technical support, leading service escalations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve successful resolutions. Responsibilities include maintaining the internal instrument base, installing new prototypes, and external clinical systems. The position requires involvement in developing new product designs, design improvements on medical device instrumentation, and writing and executing system integration test protocols. Additionally, you will develop new instrument procedures and analyze performance data. You will act as a Subject Matter Expert on technical aspects of instrumentation platforms and provide leadership and guidance to junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Identify, confirm, and interpret interacting causes and effects behind instrument issues, discrepancies, problems, or complaints, following governing procedures.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting across multiple system functions, including hardware and software or hardware and assay performance problems.
• Provide efficient direct service support and respond to service tickets for break/fix, system upgrades, and preventative maintenance.
• Perform installation, integration, and performance monitoring of external clinical sites.
• Lead internal investigations into technical complaints and lab instrument issues.
• Devise root cause hypotheses and confirm instrument issues, discrepancies, problems, or complaints according to governing procedures.
• Lead and support technical documentation.

Essential Skills

• Expertise in integration, electromechanics, design, and biomedical engineering.
• Experience with lab equipment and medical device equipment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or life sciences required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a biosciences or engineering capacity.
• Experience in a clinical laboratory servicing diagnostic medical equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of electro-mechanical, optical, and fluidic systems preferred.
• Experience planning and executing hardware/software integration activities preferred.

Work Environment

This position requires onsite presence 5 days a week, with working hours from 7 AM to 4 PM or 8 AM to 5 PM. The role offers 2 weeks of paid time off and 6 paid holidays.

This is a Contract position based out of Santa Clara, CA.

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $38.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Santa Clara,CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 18, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $35 - $38