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We are seeking a dynamic and experienced R&D Leader to join the Arrays Business Unit. In this critical role, you will be responsible for providing strategic insights, direction, and leadership of the R&D portion of the Arrays business. You will be a member of the Arrays Leadership Team, reporting directly to the General Manager of the Arrays Business Unit (BU) and collaborating with leaders and teams supporting the Arrays business. Responsibilities Strategy, Planning, and Execution Work closely with the other members of the Arrays Leadership Team to develop and support a vision for the Arrays business, balancing short-term gains with...

The Vice President of R&D Strategic Operations and Program Management is responsible for partnering with the RDLT to shape and drive the enterprise-wide research and development strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, and delivering measurable business value. This role oversees portfolio governance, operational excellence, and strategic execution to accelerate innovation and maximize ROI. The leader will foster strong stakeholder partnerships, champion adaptive PMO foundations, and lead high-performing teams to deliver transformative outcomes in a dynamic business environment. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Vision Define and execute enterprise-level R&D strategy aligned with corporate goals. Drive portfolio prioritization and resource allocation to...

The Senior Manager is responsible for managing Illumina’s Reproductive and Genetic Health (RGH) product portfolio. Responsibilities Business Planning and Strategy Defines and maintains the strategy, roadmap and business plan for Illumina's RGH assay programs Partners with customer and regional marketing, medical affairs, market access and other teams to define and obtain alignment on strategies and new program proposals Assesses market needs and gaps, opportunities and trends, and competitive landscape Conducts market research, customer interviews, and competitive analysis Defines business cases and project proposals for new product features Product Lifecycle Management Serves as customer advocate and product management leader for RGH...

Basic Function and Scope of the Position This position, under the Facilities organization, is based at the Illumina San Diego HQ campus with remote responsibilities as assigned at other sites. The role supports operational excellence through strong financial analysis, budgeting, and reporting, while ensuring compliance with corporate policies and regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include managing financial systems, supporting audits, and providing actionable insights to drive cost efficiency and strategic decision-making. Tasks and Responsibilities Prepare and manage complex financial spreadsheets, ensuring accurate data analysis to identify trends, variances, and actionable conclusions. Oversee invoices and accounts payable, applying global purchasing policies and...

We are looking for a key leader within our Platform New Product Introduction group responsible for system level performance. This includes timely completion of small-scale experiments, scale-up, technology transfer, documentation, and support for programs that bring new products to commercial manufacturing phases, troubleshooting problems, analyzing data and issuing reports. Collaborate and communicate within the framework of cross-functional and multi-disciplinary product development. The individual will interact extensively with other departments such as research and development, manufacturing, supply chain, project management and quality to develop products and processes in support of new products and sustain and improve processes for existing products. They...

The Sequencing Sales Specialist role is a customer-facing, strategic and technical sales resource for the Illumina Sequencing and multiomic product portfolios. You will work as part of a team of account managers in achieving regional sales objectives, and closely monitor market and competitor activities. Responsibilities Works closely and effectively with a wide array of teams as an overlay sales specialist, including marketing, local Territory Account Managers, Insides Sales Reps, other Specialists (informatics, microarray, etc), and District Sales Managers to support them in achieving strategic and revenue goals Assists District Sales Manager and Territory Account Managers with the development of customized...

The Inside Sales Representative (ISR) is responsible for successfully positioning and selling company products professionally and creatively in a given geographical region. The job involves engaging and qualifying new and existing customers, positioning Illumina products in order to provide solutions to their projects and business needs, and partnering closely with other internal and field-based members of the sales team that are in pursuit of common sales goals. The ISR role is exciting and challenging as you have the opportunity to work with top academic institutions, research centers, and business organizations around the world utilizing your scientific knowledge and lab experience...

We are actively seeking an experienced Senior Staff Product Manager to join our High-Throughput Platforms team. In this key role, you will drive product strategy, definition, and cross-functional execution for a major next-phase platform initiative within Illumina’s high-throughput sequencing portfolio. This position is ideal for a seasoned product leader with deep experience in Next-Generation Sequencing who can connect customer workflows, technology capabilities, and sequencing economics to guide complex, multi-year platform programs. You will collaborate across R&D, Operations, Commercial, and strategic partners to help deliver the next wave of innovation in high-throughput sequencing—grounded in a clear, customer-first perspective. It is critical...

Illumina is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to drive project execution across a portfolio of projects within Instrument Operations. The candidate must be able to work independently, handle multiple projects in parallel, and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Responsibilities Own and drive technical projects with SMEs & cross functional groups across sites. Facilitate & Execute Technical Design reviews and Engineering changes with emphasis on best engineering practices. Develop project plans, schedules, resourcing, budget, project risks, and mitigation plans. Track and trend LCM project completions Develop project effectiveness check plans and monitor in conjunction with leadership. Present...

We are looking for driven, talented Process Engineers to join the Process & Automation Engineering team in the Manufacturing Technology and Transfer (MTT) group. The MTT group works as an integral part of our Consumables Development and Manufacturing teams and is tasked with developing and deploying scalable manufacturing processes of sequencing consumables in regulated production environments. In this role, the individual will use engineering principles, best practices, and concepts to assist in substrate process development, design, scale-up, improvement, and validation. The individual will also provide technical leadership to new product introduction, and production process development. Additionally, the individual will partner...

Responsibilities Represent Operations needs on product development teams for genomic applications Participate in process development, definition and improvement, and other activities in the making of consumable products Lead and work on teams to develop and transfer robust new processes/products to production Construct and execute controlled experiments (including DOE's) to optimize processes, address yield and quality issues and drive implementation of solutions into a production environment to meet project goals Analyze process test results, issue reports and make technical recommendations Work cross functionally with R&D, Manufacturing and Quality to develop processes and lead design transfer to manufacturing for new products Define...

Summary We are seeking a creative and experienced engineer to join our growing consumables NPI team responsible for process integration of consumable manufacturing. As a successful candidate you will provide end to end workflow support for process development of sequencing consumables. Activities will include data ingestion, analysis and visualization as well as designing, executing, and analyzing experiments. This position operates at the intersection of consumables design, development, manufacturing, and platform system maturation. Tasks and Responsibilities Work at the intersection of consumable design, process, and product lifecycle to identify the main drivers of process capability, module interactions and sources of variability...

MTT (Manufacturing Technology & Transfer) works as an integral part of our Consumables Development and Manufacturing teams and is tasked with developing and deploying consumables manufacturing processes within our production environments. The Senior Automation Engineer serves an important role in MTT to support the development of tools/automated equipment and processes from the prototype phase to full scale production. The role will collaborate with consumable Development teams, Reagent, Substrate & Oligo Production, Assembly Manufacturing, EHS, Facilities, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, and Quality to develop to support the launch of new products and provide solutions to upgrade existing manufacturing infrastructure. The position...

The Sequencing Sales Specialist role is a customer-facing, strategic and technical sales resource for the Illumina Sequencing and multiomic product portfolios. You will work as part of a team of account managers in achieving regional sales objectives, and closely monitor market and competitor activities. Location Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Indianapolis, IN Cincinnati, OH Louisville, KY Responsibilities Sales Works closely and effectively with a wide array of teams as an overlay sales specialist, including marketing, local Territory Account Managers, Insides Sales Reps, other Specialists (informatics, microarray, etc), and District Sales Managers to support them in achieving strategic and revenue goals Assists...

Location San Diego, CA hybrid. Join Illumina's cutting-edge Scientific Computing powerhouse as a Sr. DevOps Engineer, driving AI/ML breakthroughs in genomics (Gemini, Dragen, Deep Learning). Automate resilient cloud and on-prem platforms with Python/Go, Ansible, Kubernetes/Rancher, and Docker. Optimize Linux clusters, troubleshoot at scale, and ensure unbreakable performance for bioinformatics and manufacturing. Hands-on impact Faster resolutions, seamless Dragen deployments, and future-proof infrastructure. Responsibilities Automation and implementation of highly available and resilient platforms on-premise and in Cloud. Implementation and maintenance of workflows and procedures to ensure consistency and auditability in a managed infrastructure. Automating away the need for manual installation and...

The Development Engineer 1 will work in a dynamic, team-oriented environment to support the development and optimization of manufacturing processes for consumables used in genomic sequencing. This role involves hands-on prototyping and piloting of new products using wafer assembly techniques such as plasma ashing, laser cutting, wafer alignment, and wafer bonding. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine processes that meet product quality, throughput, and cost targets. Responsibilities Become proficient in wafer assembly processes (plasma ashing, laser cutting, wafer alignment, wafer bonding); use these processes in the prototyping and piloting of new products. Work in cross-functional teams to...

Responsibilities Support a wide range of consumable development efforts, including demonstrating the viability of new designs, evaluating process changes/improvements, and resolving urgent issues with on-market products. This may initially be in the areas of nanofabrication and surface chemistry but has the potential to also extend to other consumable technologies. Engage in development efforts with statistically rigorous experimental design and data analysis. This role has a specific emphasis on supporting investigations through laboratory measurements and data aggregation. Evaluate, optimize, and introduce new measurement systems to consumable research and development teams. Actively participate in transferring characterization tools to consumables manufacturing, including demonstrating...

The Operational Excellence Senior Manager is a key leader and partner to all functions at Illumina. In this role, you will partner with the leadership team and their functions to drive transformations in support of our company strategy, deploy our Operational Excellence business systems and build self-sustaining capabilities. You thrive on solving complex problems, navigating across various disciplines and functions, and empowering/inspiring/mentoring others to make their work easier and drive improvements with significant business value. Responsibilities Partner with senior leaders in Lean/Operational Excellence system deployment. Support design and deployment of Operational Excellence program elements, as well as ongoing development of...

We are looking for a Senior Staff HR Business Partner (HRBP) as a key leader within the Commercial and Marketing Human Resources team in San Diego. Our HR team is highly collaborative, creative, and passionate about the work we do to further our mission through our people practices. You will partner with your client leadership to provide world-class human capital strategies, processes, and solutions and support the organization in developing, retaining, and hiring the best talent in the industry to further define the next era of genomics. This position reports to the Director, HRBP for the global Commercial functions and...