Senior Mechanical Engineer

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology? At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives, and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Shape the Future with Us! At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world. Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Learn about the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible. The Senior Mechanical Engineer, Digital Microscope is responsible for designing and analyzing mechanical systems, equipment, and packaging. The incumbent will conduct feasibility studies and testing on new and modified designs, as well as direct support personnel in the preparation of detailed design, design testing, and prototype fabrication. He or she will provide design information to drafting for packaging documentation. This position reports to the Hardware Manager and is part of the Life Cycle Management team of Research & Development division located in Singapore and will be an on-site role. In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Support engineering changes, kaizen & investigate design/quality issues. Interact with suppliers and operations for design & tooling fabrication. Support design review qualification process, verification & validation, PLM, BOM, and technical documentation. Participate in lean and continuous improvement initiatives and projects. Hands-on experience in the assembly of prototype modules and supporting root cause analysis. The essential requirements of the job include Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline, with a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in an R&D/manufacturing environment and at least 2 full product development cycles. Experience in metal and plastic parts (aluminium die casting, solid machining, extrusion, sheet metal, plastic injection molding, jig & fixture, and rapid prototyping). Exposure to PCBA, connectors, fasteners, EMI/EMC, wires/cables routing, and working knowledge of Mechanical CAD, 3D modelling (preferably in Creo 4 or IDEAS). General understanding of optical system design, high precision mechanisms, DFM and DFA concepts, including Poka Yoke, and prior working experience with industrial design, production process, sourcing, regulatory, and quality functions. Familiar with DFMEA & tolerance analysis stack-up calculations, good knowledge of mechanical drawings & dimensioning, including GD&T, basic CAE simulations (stress & thermal), Ansys or Creo Simulate skills and exposure to lifecycle/reliability tests and system integration. It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: Good project management skills are advantageous Knowledge of IE 4.0 and industrial automation advantageous Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.