Sr. Engineer II, Drug Product Automation

Location: Norwood, Massachusetts, United States; 70/30 in-office work model. Only U.S. persons are eligible due to U.S. export control requirements, and visa sponsorship is not available.

Salary: $145,900–$234,200 per year, with potential bonus, incentive compensation, or equity eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops mRNA technology and medicines through a biotechnology platform focused on transforming how treatments are created and delivered.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, standards, design, development, integration, startup, qualification, operation, and continuous improvement of drug product automation systems.
• Support filling, packaging, visual inspection, and related manufacturing equipment using Rockwell and Siemens PLC platforms, SCADA, historians, and equipment control systems.
• Define equipment state models, data structures, sequencing strategies, equipment modules, parameter frameworks, alarm architectures, and integration patterns based on ISA-88 and ISA-95.
• Govern capital projects, equipment implementations, system upgrades, vendor automation solutions, design reviews, FAT, SAT, HAZOPs, commissioning, and qualification.
• Integrate equipment controls with SCADA, MES, historians, serialization systems, data platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, regulatory audit support, training, and continuous improvement across manufacturing sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, automation engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 6 years of automation, controls engineering, or industrial digital systems experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Significant experience with drug product filling or packaging automation, Rockwell or Siemens PLCs, and SCADA/HMI platforms such as AVEVA System Platform, Wonderware, or FactoryTalk.
• Strong knowledge of ISA-88, ISA-95, cGMP manufacturing, automation lifecycle management, change control, data integrity, and computerized system validation.
• Experience with GxP system design, startup, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting, engineering documentation, HAZOPs, safety reviews, and root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication, cross-functional leadership, mentoring, and technical influence skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with PackML, reusable equipment modules, parameter frameworks, procedural models, and standardized automation libraries.
• Experience with serialization, machine vision, robotics, visual inspection, high-speed packaging, historians, MES, enterprise systems, or contextualized data architectures.
• Proficiency in Structured Text, Ladder Logic, Sequential Function Chart, and Function Block Diagram.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections or audits and working in Agile engineering environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid 70/30 work model emphasizing in-office collaboration, teamwork, and direct mentorship.
• Healthcare and voluntary benefit programs.
• Fitness, mindfulness, and mental health resources.
• Family planning support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Paid vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and discretionary year-end shutdown.
• Savings and investment programs, plus location-specific benefits.