Senior Engineer, Technical Sourcing

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, your work has a real impact. You’ll be part of a global team helping customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Whether you’re supporting environmental protection, food safety, or life-saving therapies, you’ll have the tools, support, and opportunities to grow your career while solving meaningful challenges.

Discover Impactful Work

As a Senior Engineer, Technical Sourcing Engineering (TSE) – Plastic, you’ll help drive the technical strategy for plastics products and sourcing.

In this role, you will:

• Lead alternate, dual, and resourcing initiatives with suppliers

• Manage Supplier Change Request (SCR) resolution to completion and First Article submission to approval

• Support product scale-up and capacity expansion

• Troubleshoot and resolve plastics-related quality issues

• Contribute to cost savings and productivity improvements

• Partner with cross-functional teams on New Product Introductions (NPI)

A Day in the Life

You’ll work closely with teams across R&D, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Regulatory, Product Management, and Operations.

Your work may span the full product lifecycle—from early concept through end-of-life.

You’ll engage with a range of manufacturing processes, including:

• Injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, and extrusion

• Secondary processes such as pad printing, plasma treatment, and sterilization

We’re looking for someone who enjoys solving problems, collaborating across teams, and working hands-on with plastics manufacturing and tooling.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in: Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in product design, new product development, tooling, or manufacturing

Skills & Experience

Core Skills

• Experience addressing molding and processing challenges

• Familiarity with tooling design and plastics manufacturing processes

• Proficiency in CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks, Creo, or similar)

• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment

• Strong technical writing and documentation skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with sourcing or procurement

• Familiarity with SAP, Agile, or Oracle systems

• Experience in regulated industries (biotech, pharmaceutical, etc.)

• Exposure to secondary operations and sterilization processes

Additional Information

• Travel: Up to 15% (domestic and international)

• This position does not offer relocation benefits