Associate Specialist, Engineering - 2nd Shift (Onsite)

Location: Onsite in Rahway, New Jersey, United States; 2nd shift/evening. The posting is for US and Puerto Rico residents only.

Salary: $71,900–$113,200 annual base salary, plus potential annual bonus and long-term incentive.

Company

hirify.global is developing a multi-modality drug product development and GMP clinical manufacturing facility for small molecules, biologics, and vaccines.

What you will do

• Provide technical support for formulation, process development, scale-up, technology transfer, and process improvements.
• Support equipment and facility design, commissioning, qualification, regulatory readiness, and operational startup activities.
• Operate, monitor, clean, and troubleshoot aseptic formulation, filling, lyophilization, inspection, and related manufacturing systems.
• Execute sterile manufacturing activities in formulation, component preparation, filling, lyophilization, inspection, and support areas.
• Prepare and maintain investigations, change controls, corrective and preventive actions, SOPs, batch records, technical protocols, and other controlled documentation.
• Support material movement, staging, inventory checks, line clearance, data review, technical assessments, and daily floor coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, biological sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, or another related technical discipline; candidates must be pursuing an eligible degree and preparing to graduate by July 2027, with availability to start by July 2027.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice principles and safety requirements, with the ability to learn and apply site procedures and regulatory expectations.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills, including the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to communicate and work in partnership with others in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to prepare standard operating procedures and current GxP documents.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, equipment human-machine interfaces, SAP, and calibration and maintenance database systems.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, perform bending, stooping, squatting, crawling, twisting, and ladder climbing, and wear cleanroom protective gowning and respirators.
• Ability to work in Grade C cleanroom conditions, complete required gowning, use personal protective equipment including a powered air-purifying respirator, maintain aseptic behaviors, and comply with safety and company procedures.

Nice to have

• Internship, co-op, laboratory, pilot plant, or manufacturing experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or another regulated industry.
• Hands-on experience from academic or personal projects, machine-shop work, construction, equipment assembly, maintenance, fabrication, repair, or similar practical activities.
• Experience working effectively in a cross-functional team.
• Exposure to change control, deviation management, root cause analysis, or corrective and preventive action processes.
• Technical writing or controlled-document experience.
• Experience operating, setting up, disassembling, and adjusting complex equipment in sterile drug product operations, formulation, filling, lyophilization, inspection, or equipment operation.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular employment with medical, dental, vision, and other insurance benefits for employees and families.
• Retirement benefits including a 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate leave, and sick days.
• Onsite second-shift work in a new sterile clinical manufacturing facility.
• Work includes approximately 10% travel; flexible work arrangements are not applicable.
• hirify.global emphasizes inclusion, collaboration, diverse perspectives, and collective problem-solving.