Mechanical Engineer, Senior

About the role

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. As a Mechanical Engineer, Senior at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, you will serve as a technical expert responsible for leading the design concept generation, experimental validation, and mechanical system optimization for complex engineering projects. Exercising considerable discretion and independent judgment, you will bridge conceptual design and manufacturing implementation while mentoring peers across multidisciplinary teams. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mechanical System Design: Generate innovative design concepts, participate in comprehensive design reviews, and establish architecture for complex products, systems, and components
• Drive Experimental Testing & Validation: Design and execute independent experiments—utilizing Design of Experiments (DOE) methodologies—to evaluate system performance, reliability, and interactions against specifications
• Solve Complex Technical Challenges: Identify root causes of technical and manufacturing issues, implementing robust engineering solutions and process improvements to promote Quality First Time
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead or participates in cross-functional technical initiatives, establish key operational interfaces across organizational groups, and deliver technical direction and actionable feedback to peers
• Innovation & IP Creation: Develop novel, potentially patentable mechanical systems, components, or process technologies that advance overall project goals and organizational capabilities
• Present & Communicate Findings: Synthesize complex experimental results and project outcomes into compelling technical presentations for diverse, cross-functional audiences

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor