Join our team as an Applications Engineering Supervisor and lead the charge in delivering innovative, customer-focused engineering solutions. In this role, you'll guide a high-performing team, collaborate across departments, and turn complex technical challenges into real-world results. If you're a hands-on leader with a passion for problem-solving and driving impact, this is your opportunity to make a difference. Who is Meissner? The goal at Meissner is to be more than simply good; it is to be extraordinary. Extraordinary performance comes from extraordinary people.
Meissner as a group is passionate about helping our clients manufacture lifesaving and life enhancing drugs, therapies, and vaccines. We develop, manufacture, supply and service advanced microfiltration products and single-use systems worldwide.
We know that when you are passionate about what you do, it's more than just a job.
Meissner is focused on the development of the whole individual, and we have programs and tools in place to help us stay at our best mentally and physically. In alignment with our commitment to support the growth and development of the whole individual, Meissner has inaugurated a Learning and Development department to solely focus on cultivating our team. When you grow, we grow.
How you will make an impact: The Applications Engineering department is responsible for delivering complex custom systems that address challenging biopharmaceutical production process needs. Be a part of a team who is a key component of a rapidly growing business with a distinguished reputation, and who have a serious dedication to detail. Applications Engineers support clients throughout the world by overseeing the design of novel, efficient and cost-effective process solutions, implementing these solutions as a critical part of medicine manufacture. In leading the team of engineers within the Applications Engineering department at HQ, the Applications Engineering Supervisor mentors and guides Applications Engineers in their career paths and through specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-based goals.
- Supervises and provides daily direction, technical guidance, and workload prioritization for Applications Engineering staff with a range of experience levels and technical responsibilities.
- Assists with onboarding, training, and development of engineering staff while monitoring work to ensure quality, accuracy, timely completion, and alignment with customer and organizational requirements.
- Clearly communicates workflow and prioritization with team.
- Leads Mentoring Program for onboarding Applications Engineers.
- Evaluates performance of Applications Engineers on a regular basis, holding engineers accountable for their commitments.
- Assists with Applications Engineering core functions including supporting customer inquiries (by overseeing other Applications Engineers in their projects and leading by example)
- Develops single-use systems designs based on user and process requirements
- Manages library of single-use componentry for use in single-use assemblies
- Supports single-use systems production
- Provides product support for single-use systems
- Ensures processes and products are compliant with cGMP and compatible with the regulatory environment required by our pharmaceutical customer base.
- Collaborates with other departments to ensure best practices are communicated throughout the organization.
- Manages multi-departmental projects to ensure that initiatives and specifications are satisfied, timelines are adhered to, associated cost targets are achieved, etc.
- Supports continuous quality improvement initiatives throughout organization.
- Supports efficiency and lean manufacturing initiatives.
This is an on-site role based out of our headquarters in Camarillo, CA.
The skills and experience you'll need: - Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology or equivalent technical discipline from four-year college or university.
- 3+ years of experience in bio-pharma or regulated manufacturing environments in a technical individual contributor role, plus 1+ year of leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience preferred.
- Able to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Experience in responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
- Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and clients.
- Demonstrate computer skills, including familiarity with CAD and proficiency in word-processing, spreadsheets and databases.
- Apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
- Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
- Proven track record in defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
- Able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Excellent attention to detail is necessary as single-use assemblies are used in the production and use of life saving drugs.
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with other departments at Meissner as well as parties external to the organization.
- Able to lead customer discussions and present Meissner capabilities.
Don't meet every single requirement? Apply anyway. What we can offer you: - Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage with HSA Employer Contributions for eligible plans
- Additional Perks- HQ Onsite Full Gym, Ultramodern Coffee Bars, Free EV Charging Stations, Employee Discounts
- 401k, Profit Sharing, 401k Advisory Services
- Company Sponsored Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Anniversary Holiday
Ready to make an impact? Let's talk. This position may require you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government. Meissner is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. US BASE PAY SCALE $106,200 to 130,700 DOE The base pay scale for this role is what Meissner reasonably expects to pay for the position although actual pay may vary from this scale depending on an applicant's experience. 
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