Electrical Engineer III, Operations Engineering

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 As an Electrical Engineer III at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will play a key role in the development and implementation of new electrical and electronic solutions, working at the interface between R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, and external suppliers . The position combines strong electrical engineering expertise with supplier collaboration and technology development to support new products, improve existing designs, and introduce innovative technologies into our products. You will work closely with external suppliers and technology partners to identify, evaluate, and develop new electrical and electronic solutions, components, subsystems, and technologies. You will provide engineering input into supplier selection and technical discussions, define and coordinate technical requirements, evaluate proposed solutions, and support their verification and implementation. In close cooperation with R&D and cross-functional engineering teams , you will contribute to product and technology development activities from early technical concepts through prototyping, testing, qualification, and implementation. You will investigate technical challenges, evaluate alternative design concepts, and propose solutions that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, quality, and cost. As an Electrical Engineer III , you will act as a technical interface between internal engineering teams and suppliers, translating product and system requirements into practical electrical engineering solutions. The role includes coordination of technical reviews, evaluation of supplier capabilities, support of prototype builds and testing, and resolution of complex technical issues. You will also support the transfer of newly developed electrical solutions into manufacturing, ensuring that new designs and technologies are robust, scalable, testable, and suitable for production. Your engineering expertise, technical curiosity, and ability to build effective relationships with internal and external partners will help drive innovation and strengthen our electrical engineering capabilities.

Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and external suppliers on the development of new products, electrical components, subsystems, and technical solutions. Act as a key technical contact for suppliers and technology partners , coordinating electrical engineering requirements, technical discussions, design reviews, and development activities. Identify and evaluate new electrical and electronic technologies, components, suppliers, and design concepts with potential application in current and future products. Develop, review, and assess electrical engineering concepts and support design, prototyping, testing, verification, and qualification activities. Work with suppliers on custom electrical and electronic component and subsystem development , from initial requirements through technical validation and implementation. Review and contribute to electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, interfaces, component specifications, and other engineering documentation . Support component selection and evaluation with consideration for electrical performance, reliability, availability, lifecycle, manufacturability, compliance, and cost . Investigate complex electrical and system-level