Staff Hardware Engineer

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

You will be part of the Global Engineering team within Operations, tasked with end-to-end technical oversight of our manufacturing technologies.  You will work with suppliers and automation houses to design and build solutions, deliver technology into high volume manufacturing environments and provide technical support for on-market production. You will bring your expertise and passion for electrical measurement, metrology development and manufacturing test to complex manufacturing automation equipment, working closely in cross-functional teams to integrate cutting-edge technology into our manufacturing processes.  You will ensure high efficiency, precision, and quality in our operations. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring robust new product and new equipment introduction, capacity expansions, and sustained on-market performance. This crucial role supports Dexcom's thrilling growth trajectory in delivering essential, life-changing products to our valued customers. As part of this dynamic and highly effective team, you will collaborate closely across multiple functions, gaining broad exposure to our entire product life cycle.

Where you come in: 

• You will lead and collaborate with internal and external cross-functional teams building, delivering and validating next generation functional test and system test manufacturing processes and equipment

• You will design and conduct feasibility studies, test new and modified designs, analyze integrated electrical, mechanical and fluidics systems into equipment to drive greater yield, performance, and quality

• You will develop test plans, equipment requirements, protocols, and reports to ensure designs meet product specifications, regulatory requirements, and standards for new equipment and processes, including IQ/OQ/PQ protocols

• You will partner with automation integrators to design and build integrated high volume test systems including electrical circuit design, interconnects, environmental controls, temperature management and fluid handling

• You will author and support the execution of equipment acceptance testing (FAT/SAT) and validation protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ) and reports for new or modified production equipment

• You will plan, design, develop, and execute equipment and process improvement projects, ensuring comprehensive documentation and timely communication with leadership and cross-functional teams

• You will lead root cause investigation activities related to equipment and processes leveraging structured problem solving and statistical data analysis to solve problems through root cause understanding

What makes you successful:

• You are proficient designing, implementing and improving manufacturing test equipment & processes, developing test methods and measurement capability to improve product quality, increase productivity, and reduce costs

• You are passionate about connecting product designs to equipment development and manufacturing scale to deliver world class solutions into high volume with industry leading quality

• You are experienced in developing and executing strategies for complex automation, including authoring of protocols and documentation.  You can create efficient plans to accelerate the implementation of new and replicate equipmen