Equipment Engineering and Operations III

Veracyte is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Equipment Operations Engineer to join our Equipment Engineering and Operations team at our South San Francisco headquarters. The Equipment Operations Engineer is responsible for ensuring reliability, compliance, and operational availability of laboratory equipment across clinical and research environments in adherence to Veracyte’s equipment lifecycle management program.

Requirements

• Support optimization and adherence to the equipment lifecycle program and processes from procurement, installation, qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), calibration, and preventive maintenance to decommissioning.
• Independently manage equipment systems, including internal investigations and service coordination, documentation, and continuous improvement related to equipment performance.
• Troubleshoot and support root cause investigations for equipment failures and implement correct actions.
• Support cross-functional efforts related to new equipment onboarding, equipment relocations, obsolescence planning, and lab expansions.
• Coordinate maintenance, calibration, verification, and qualification activities across internal stakeholders (R&D and CLIA) and external service vendors to minimize impact on lab workflows while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Maintain accurate and compliant documentation for all equipment-related activities, support audits, inspections, and internal reviews.
• Support development of equipment maintenance strategies to minimize downtime and increase overall equipment reliability.
• Support investigations as SME in NCR’s and CAPA’s as needed.
• Support development and authoring equipment specifications, user requirements, and IQ/OQ protocols.
• Support equipment qualification activities.
• Ensure all equipment and processes meet quality and regulatory standards (CLIA, CAP, IVD, and/or FDA regulations).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units