Principal Engineer - (Electrical)

Location: Onsite at hirify.global Ohio in New Albany, Ohio, United States. Occasional support outside normal business hours may be required for planned shutdowns, emergency response, and critical site events.

Expected annual salary: USD 140,334.15–189,863.85.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company researching, manufacturing, and delivering medicines across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for medium- and low-voltage distribution systems, substations, switchgear, transformers, generators, automatic transfer and paralleling systems, UPS systems, and related site infrastructure.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for electrical reliability, power quality, emergency power, system protection, electrical safety, and critical facility operations.
• Lead troubleshooting and root-cause investigations involving electrical failures, voltage disturbances, protection systems, generator and transfer events, and facility outages.
• Develop electrical standards, operating procedures, failure-mode analyses, preventive maintenance strategies, and critical-spares recommendations.
• Plan, design, execute, commission, and turn over capital projects, facility improvements, equipment installations, and expansions; review designs, studies, specifications, and contractor work.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Facilities & Engineering, Quality, EH&S, Automation, contractors, engineering firms, vendors, and site leadership to improve reliability, safety, compliance, and manufacturing uptime; mentor engineers and technical staff.

Requirements

• One of the following education and experience combinations is required: doctorate and 2 years of engineering experience; master’s degree and 4 years; bachelor’s degree and 6 years; associate’s degree and 10 years; or high school diploma/GED and 12 years.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required; a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
• Experience in electrical engineering supporting complex industrial, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, utility, or other mission-critical facilities is required as part of the preferred profile, with 10+ years of progressively responsible experience preferred.
• Technical leadership experience with medium- and low-voltage power distribution, substations, switchgear, transformers, generators, automatic transfer switches, paralleling gear, UPS systems, and protective relaying.
• Experience leading electrical reliability initiatives, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and corrective actions after equipment failures, power-quality events, or utility interruptions.
• Experience developing short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, load-flow, harmonics, and power-quality studies and strategies.
• Experience leading electrical capital projects from scope development and design through installation, commissioning, and operational turnover.
• Working knowledge of NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NEC, OSHA requirements, IEEE standards, and electrical safety practices.
• Ability to communicate complex electrical risks and recommendations clearly, influence cross-functional teams, mentor technical staff, and manage external engineering firms, contractors, and equipment vendors.

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience in a regulated GMP, life-sciences, food, semiconductor, or similarly controlled manufacturing environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based work environment focused on serving patients.
• Comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions, discretionary annual bonus, and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans, work-life balance support, and career development opportunities.
• Flexible work models may be available where possible, although this role is based onsite.

Hiring process

• Applicants may redact age-identifying information, including age, date of birth, and dates of school attendance or graduation, from submitted materials.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for candidates with disabilities during the application and interview process.