Sr. Manufacturing Automation & Test Engineer

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Baxter – Tijuana, Mexico

Sr. Manufacturing Automation & Test Engineer

For us, working at Baxter is not just a job—it’s a calling. Our mission to save and sustain lives unites us. Thank you for contributing your talent to make a positive impact on millions of people around the world. 

We are driven not by what will be easy, but what will transform global healthcare for generations to come. Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other as we pursue rewarding careers.

We’re grateful you’re interested in continuing your career journey with Baxter. This is where you can do your best work. Where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your role at Baxter

This is where your expertise helps people

In this role, the Sr. Manufacturing Automation & Test Engineer will be responsible for the development of creative new solutions and improvements to existing designs of manufacturing equipment and tools for medical devices produced by Baxter's Front Line Care business. You will be a highly versatile hands-on engineer able to design, construct, test, troubleshoot and document.

Your team

We are a team of inquisitive individuals who embrace a collaborative environment to take on sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change directions and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together, we build and maintain a positive work environment.

When you join us, you will work with a team of committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams. Our leadership understands the need for continuous education and provides opportunities for further development.

What you'll be doing

• Automation Subject Matter Expert, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency with automation.
• Support the design, development, fabrication, deployment and troubleshooting of Automated Test Equipment (ATE) and other automation solutions for use in the production of Medical Devices and sub-assemblies.
• Develop relationships with preferred automation suppliers and act as a liaison/interface with plant engineering to identify and develop complex solutions.
• Analyze operational process problems and implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions.
• Generate and communicate schedules and project plans. Participate in project planning and may direct portions of smaller projects or segments of large projects to include scheduling, monitoring costs, resources, workforce loading, etc.
• Researching and designing automation technology, stay up to date with new automation technologies and trends.
• Work with R&D product engineers to define requirements and with operations to determine manufacturing needs.
• Develop requirements, create design documentation, and perform code reviews, unit tests, software, and system validation.

What you'll bring

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or physics.
• 10+ years of experience in an engineering role with experience in automation and manufacturing test.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools
• Experience using instrumentation like oscilloscopes, DMM’s, power supplies and signal generators.
• Good software/hardware architecture, design, and implementation skills.
• Demonstrate good planning, organizing, time management and team participation skills.
• Strong Object-Oriented development and design knowledge and experience.
• Project management, lean practices, six sigma
• Strong customer relationship management
• Experience working in ISO/FDA regulated environments and GMP’s

Technical Skills and Tools

• Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), HMI, other control systems such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
• National Instruments LabVIEW & TestStand.
• Programming: C#, Visual Basic, .NET, Visual Studio, TFS, Azure DevOps is a plus
• Knowledge of SQL database scripting and communication is desired.
• Test and measurement instrumentation, data acquisition and digital I/O.
• Software and electronic test and troubleshooting using typical lab equipment.

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The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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