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 posting is for an existing vacancy.

Job Type & Location

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 Apr 30, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000+ extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.