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This position is responsible for manufacturing and product Quality activities. This role is within Mfg/Ops Quality organization and is accountable for supporting day to day sustaining activities in a manufacturing environment. The position requires exceptional communication, interpersonal, and project management skills to effectively coordinate activities and deliver results. This position will have direct interaction with Manufacturing and Process Engineering groups to support manufacturing sustaining activities, continuous improvement, and manufacturing capacity expansion. The position may also have quality oversight for more than one manufacturing area. The position will be responsible to support change management activities, Nonconformances, equipment lifecycle, meeting facilitation and...

Illumina's BioInsight organization develops and commercializes enterprise grade genomics analysis SW that deploy worldwide in the cloud and on-prem to maximize the value of the data generated from our world-class sequencing instruments. DRAGEN is our flagship bioinformatics platform — the industry standard for fast, accurate secondary analysis used by thousands of labs worldwide. As a Staff Software Technical Product Manager — DRAGEN, you join a high-performing team at a moment of significant growth and transition. You own a defined product area within the DRAGEN portfolio, drive roadmap execution and cross-functional alignment, and help an overextended team keep pace with accelerating...

The Senior Staff Outbound Product Manager is a market-facing, commercially focused technical product leader responsible for translating product strategy and capabilities into clear customer value, differentiated positioning, and scalable go‑to‑market execution. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Marketing, Sales, and Customers, ensuring that our software products resonate with enterprise life sciences customers and drive measurable business impact. At the Senior Staff level, this role operates with strategic autonomy, influences portfolio‑level decisions, and serves as a voice of the customer and market authority across multiple products or platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in life sciences software, strong...

The Senior Informatics Sales Specialist will use their strong genomics and Informatics technical knowledge and expertise to identify and close Informatics opportunities. This involves selling to prospective customers and Illumina colleagues on Next Generation Sequencing and Genomic data analysis pipelines, applications and products primarily for use in research and academia. They will act as an influencer and expert resource for customers and others to ensure success while enabling sales growth through strategic activities and creative problem solving. The Informatics Sales Specialist should be viewed as a “go to” subject matter expert for all things Informatics, with primary focus on Illumina’s...

In partnership with the Global Operational Excellence (OE) organization, this role supports Lean-driven improvements at the Illumina-Madison site by serving as a coach and subject-matter resource to teams, facilitating the application of OE tools, and supporting sustainment of key site OE systems that improve cost, quality, and production performance. The role focuses on enabling continuous improvement capability through collaboration, participation in training delivery, and influence within assigned projects or value streams rather than direct ownership of operational execution. Tasks and Responsibilities Culture Development & Strategy Support Influence and collaborate effectively to engage stakeholders to promote and support process improvement initiatives...

The Equipment Maintenance Technician is part of the equipment engineer team who provides expertise, service, and support to San Diego Illumina headquarters by maintaining equipment at world class levels in a fast pace regulated environment and providing high level reliability exceeding Illumina’s dynamic development and manufacturing demands. The Equipment Maintenance Technician 3 will support the day-to-day manufacturing equipment maintenance operations by owning high-complexity maintenance tasks and challenges with minimal supervision. This individual will work in a dynamic team-oriented environment that supports multiple operations and technologies to help Illumina deliver its highly complex product pipeline in a reliable and sustainable manner....

Staff Facilities Engineer - US1 Summary The Staff Facilities Engineer will be part of the San Diego Facilities Engineering team. This role will be responsible for providing technical expertise as related to mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems within facilities equipment engineering, support maintenance, and/or calibration and equipment performance optimization. Including projects related to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems in an FDA regulated environment. The individual will possess technical knowledge of facilities water purification (RO/DI) skids, HVAC, chillers, centralized gas distribution systems, walk-in cold storage units, clean rooms, BMS/EMS system, Electrical generation and distribution system for Low, Medium and High...

The Associate Director, Operational Excellence is a pivotal leader and true partner across every function at Illumina. In this role, you’ll collaborate directly with the leadership team to drive high‑impact transformations that fuel our company strategy, deploy our Operational Excellence business systems, and build strong, self‑sustaining capabilities across the organization. This is an opportunity to be at the center of Illumina’s innovation engine — shaping how we operate, elevating our performance, and influencing the way teams across the company work and grow. You’ll thrive here if you love solving complex challenges, navigating across diverse disciplines, and empowering, inspiring, and mentoring...

Illumina is a global leader in genomics, dedicated to advancing healthcare through continuous innovation. We are seeking a visionary leader to join our Advanced Sciences department in the area of protein engineering. Depending on experience, career aspirations, and business needs, candidates may be considered for either the Sr Principal Scientist role. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of genomics and multiomics applications, lead cutting-edge research, and collaborate across disciplines. The successful candidate will provide strategic and technical leadership for the Protein Engineering function, influencing technology roadmaps and driving the development of innovative products. We encourage candidates of...

The Associate Director, Global Marketing Performance & Strategy Enablement is responsible for owning and advancing the performance infrastructure of Global Marketing. This role drives data-driven decision-making by establishing clear measurement frameworks, leading the marketing attribution and ROMI roadmap, and enabling full-funnel visibility across regions. This leader ensures alignment between marketing strategy, annual planning frameworks, OKRs, and commercial priorities. Through disciplined dashboard ownership, funnel optimization in partnership with Commercial Operations, and cross-regional performance coordination, this role strengthens marketing’s measurable impact and organizational credibility. The Associate Director partners closely with Global Marketing, Field Marketing, Commercial Operations, Finance, and Product Marketing to ensure...

Location San Diego, CA This position is a Hybrid role required to be at the San Diego HQ Office 2 days per week. Illumina’s USCAN Sales Operations team is looking for a strong operations business partner to join as a Sr. Sales Operations Analyst. This role is expected to drive sales standardization and continuous improvement in systems, processes, and business operations to achieve commercial sales objectives. Highlighted responsibilities of this role include executing the sales teams’ vision through quota, territory, pipeline, and account management. The ideal candidate is an experienced data-driven decision maker and a confident communicator. Success on...

The MTT Systems Infrastructure team is a part of Global Operations and has responsibility for the design, development, and support of custom and configured product manufacturing software systems. As a Software Engineer, you will develop software-based solutions to manufacturing challenges. You will work with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturers and other engineering groups to develop software solutions for new product manufacture and sustain and improve software systems for existing products. You will join a dynamic, fast-paced organization supporting new product development teams, as well as sustaining operations. You will be adept at balancing multiple project priorities and will be able...

We are seeking a talented and driven Sr Scientist - Protein Engineering to help us use the power of protein engineering to further revolutionize genomics and human health. This Scientist will join a dynamic interdisciplinary group that is responsible for the development of novel protein reagents for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). The successful candidate will initiate, execute and analyze research in the area of protein engineering applied to NGS. Tasks and Responsibilities Plan, execute and analyze various laboratory experiments to engineer and/or characterize novel enzymes for NGS, with defined goals and timeframes. Participate in multi disciplinarily protein engineering projects and...

Job Summary This role is responsible for performing quality control activities that support the release, characterization, and ongoing evaluation of purchased raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods. The position combines hands‑on laboratory testing with data analysis, documentation, and cross‑functional collaboration to ensure materials meet established specifications. Responsibilities Inspect of purchased raw materials, intermediates, and finished goods, according to established procedures. May perform routine and non-routine analytical, biochemical, and molecular biology assays to support release, characterization and testing of purchased raw materials, production intermediates, and finished goods. Analysis of data generated by functional assays. Assist with or may lead projects around...

As a Process Development Engineer on Illumina’s Flow Cell Technical Operations team, you will own and sustain laser‑based, automated fabrication processes critical to Flow Cell Mechanical Operations. You will maintain process capability, improve tool performance , and support day‑to‑day manufacturing execution while enabling the introduction and scale‑up of new products, processes, and technologies. This role will collaborate closely with Manufacturing, Quality, and cross‑functional engineering teams. You will solve complex technical problems, drive continuous improvement, and ensure laser systems reliably support a growing and increasingly complex product pipeline. Responsibilities Sustain, troubleshoot, and improve automated, laser‑based manufacturing systems supporting high‑volume production Own...

The Principal Deep Learning/AI Engineer Bioinformatics is a senior hands-on technical expert responsible for inventing, implementing, and validating AI- and ML-driven bioinformatics methods that directly power Illumina’s sequencing and analysis products. This role is primarily technical in nature, with deep personal ownership of algorithm design, model development, benchmarking, and production readiness. The role partners with product and engineering to ensure AI methods are scientifically sound, performant at scale, and ready for real-world customer and/or clinical use, while providing technical direction and mentorship. Key Responsibilities Hands-on algorithm and model development Design, prototype, and implement AI/ML methods for genomics and multiomics (e.g.,...

Overview Hundreds of millions of human genomes and exomes are expected to be sequenced over the next decade, driven by steady innovations in sequencing technologies pioneered by Illumina. The enormous quantities of genomic data being generated by Illumina in collaboration with our partners worldwide represents a major opportunity to develop novel data-driven and artificial intelligence methods to extract clinically actionable information from the genome, and apply it towards improving human health. Our Exceptional Multi-disciplinary Team Is Unlocking The Power Of The Genome Illumina is the worldwide leader in genome sequencing and deriving insights on the impact of the human genome...

Exciting hybrid opportunity to serve as both the Clinical Technical Lead and R&D Portfolio Manager for on-market product sustainment within Illumina’s diverse Clinical Portfolio including next generation sequencing (NGS) assays and end to end solutions. In this role, you will take on overall responsibility for R&D on market activities in the Clinical portfolio. Activities under your purview include design changes, process improvements, troubleshooting and life cycle management. You will also develop and prioritize the on-market roadmap, develop budgets/timelines for potential projects, as well as execute development projects varying in size and complexity. The Clinical On-Market Core Team operates in a...

The Associate Director, Lead – Account Strategy plays a critical role in shaping and advancing multi‑year growth strategies for Illumina’s priority accounts. This leader partners closely with Strategic Account Managers (SAMs) and cross‑functional teams to develop robust 3‑year account strategies aligned to enterprise objectives, commercial priorities, and customer needs. Responsibilities Strategic Account Planning & Growth Enablement Partner with SAMs to develop comprehensive 3‑year strategic account plans aligned to enterprise and regional strategies. Facilitate structured account planning processes, ensuring clear prioritization, customer insight integration, and growth hypothesis development. Pressure‑test account strategies with internal leaders to elevate ambition, eliminate obstacles, and ensure...

Sr Product Manager - US1 Summary We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior Product Manager to lead lifecycle management for Illumina’s low-throughput (LT) sequencing platforms and consumables. In this role, you will define and execute the product life cycle strategy for several on-market products while maintaining customer experience and business continuity. This is a hands-on, highly visible role. You will collaborate cross functionally to evaluate options, solve operational challenges, and shape strategy. Responsibilities Portfolio Lifecycle Ownership Manage the lifecycle of select LT instruments and consumables, ensuring stable on-market performance and customer support. Define and Execute EOL Strategy Lead development...

The Associate Director, Corporate Development, is a senior leader responsible for driving Illumina’s global growth agenda through M&A, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, new business creation, and equity investments. This role leads the full deal lifecycle—from strategy formation and opportunity sourcing to execution, negotiation, and integration—while shaping long-range strategic priorities for the company. The Associate Director partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to evaluate transformational opportunities, build investment theses, and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives. This position sits within Illumina’s Corporate & Business Development (CBD) organization, which oversees the analysis, execution, and governance of strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and...

Location San Diego, CA. 2+ days/week in office. This is not a remote position. As our lead Enterprise AI Architect, you will lead multi-solution implementations for our strategic business partners where you will drive professional services process improvements and efficiency while holding our high standards of delivery quality. You will also help develop a culture of innovation and technology excellence here at Illumina and within the larger enterprise architectural field and serve as a strong champion for change! The role of an Enterprise Architect within Illumina's Automation & AI Business Services team is to be the technology leader across...

The Contract Specialist is responsible for supporting the end-to-end contract lifecycle. This role partners closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, and business stakeholders to ensure contracts are structured appropriately, compliant with company policies, and aligned with business objectives. Responsibilities Ensure correct contract structures are used based on engagement type (e.g., consulting, staff augmentation, managed services). Support intake, review, and approval processes for new and amended contracts. Collaborate with Legal to address risk, compliance, and regulatory considerations. Partner with Procurement and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on commercial terms, scope, and deliverables. Track contract status, renewals, expirations, and key obligations. Maintain accurate...

Why Us We are a multi-disciplinary and multinational team dedicated to supporting genomics researchers in making discoveries that change the world. Our algorithms are integral to DRAGEN, Illumina’s software platform for analyzing high-throughput sequencing data. This group is focused on bioinformatics support for clinical products, ensuring that customers receive the best possible experience and outcomes from our technologies. Why You We know the importance of your role and offer you a collaborative and supportive environment in which you are actively encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge. Illumina's mission is to improve human health by unlocking the power of the...