# Staff Manufacturing Engineer at Universal Diagnostics

- Company: Universal Diagnostics
- What the company does: Universal Diagnostics S.L. (UDX) is a Spanish in-vitro diagnostics company developing a platform of minimally-invasive, blood-based solutions for detecting cancer early when treatment options are more plentiful and survival rates are still high. Backed by MedTech Innovator.
- Company website: https://universaldx.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://www.universaldx.com/careers?gh_jid=4987349101#grnhse_app
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/universal-diagnostics-staff-manufacturing-engineer/

## About the role

We are seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to provide cross-functional leadership for Manufacturing readiness, program execution, systems, risk management, and continuous improvement across our diagnostic manufacturing operations. This role will connect Manufacturing with internal customers, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, external partners, and digital-system stakeholders to ensure new and ongoing manufacturing campaigns are execution-ready, visible, scalable, and well controlled.

## What they're looking for

- Define Manufacturing business requirements for Smartsheet, Jira, LIMS/MES, dashboards, and other digital tools. Develop scalable workflows that improve traceability, operational visibility, and execution
- Lead post-sprint reviews, identify systemic issues and improvement opportunities, and convert lessons learned into sustainable improvements for future manufacturing campaigns
- Maintain an integrated view of manufacturing milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical-path activities. Lead readiness reviews and escalate risks that could affect quality, schedule, or delivery
- Develop and maintain meaningful Manufacturing metrics, including sprint readiness, schedule adherence, overdue actions, supplier readiness, documentation readiness, deviations, and recurring operational risks
- Facilitate structured readiness and decision-making forums, drive follow-through on action items, and provide clear status, risk, and escalation summaries to Manufacturing leadership
- PhD in Biotechnology, Engineering, Life Sciences or a related technical discipline, advanced degree preferred

Tags: Operations

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