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San Mateo, CA, US

Redwood City, California, United States

- Perform equipment installations, maintenance, repairs, and qualifications to ensure the highest level of instrument reliability and up-time- Help end-users troubleshoot issues and provide comprehensive solutions- Monitor instrument metrics and advocate serviceability within cross-functional teams- Ensure that service documentation meets Guardant Heath's.

• Create and execute installation, operational, and performance qualifications (IOPQs) for a variety of laboratory equipment including Hamilton STARs and Illumina NovaSeqs
• Troubleshoot and investigate for root cause of equipment issues to ensure effective repairs and solutions
• Maintain and support lab equipment following cGMP/GLP and Quality Management System (QMS) guidelines
• Collaborate extensively with several laboratory operations teams and Quality Assurance (QA) to provide supportfor both ongoing and future laboratory operations projects
• Minimize laboratory equipment downtime by responding to repair requests and tickets in a timely manner
• Train new team members in company processes, equipment operation, and hardware/software troubleshooting

Menlo Park, California, United States

• Collaborate with multiple Engineering and Operations teams at Illumina to write, create, and update detailedoperational procedures and documents for Facilities at all global sites
• Assist facilities operations related to equipment management through preventive maintenance, plan updates,onboarding, and decommissioning of equipment
• Review and approve compliance work order permits for Facilities equipment maintenance to ensure dataaccuracy and compliance with latest Illumina quality and documentation standards
• Support and coordinate progress for Facilities Change Control process related to several internal projects
• Collaborate with Global Facilities Compliance team to categorize all Facilities documentation as part of globaldocument alignment and restructuring initiative
• Monitor quality and compliance metrics related to documentation and work orders

Oakland, CA

• Intern for the Mechanical Engineering Division
• Created a conceptual engineering report that included areas such as cost estimate, project schedule, and alternative design analysis for a high-traffic BART storage yard gate
• Evaluated electrical generator exhaust conditions for safety at various BART stations and generated potential exhaust reroute plans
• Generated daily maintenance plan for HVAC assets in vital BART facilities
• Conducted temperature studies of electrical rooms at various BART stations
• Compiled engineering drawings of BART stations and identified HVAC components in need of testing

Oakland, CA

• Intern for the Integration Engineering Division
• Created preventative maintenance procedures for a variety of non-revenue maintenance vehicles that are more efficient and meet compliance with California Highway Patrol regulations
• Organized preventative maintenance procedures for elevators and escalators throughout the entire transit system to ensure proper maintenance and safety
• Organized new assets such as cranes, hoists, and lifts within a newly built maintenance complex owned by BART to ensure proper accountability of assets