Specialist, Automation Engineer (Onsite) (Automation)

Location: Rahway, New Jersey, United States; onsite. The role supports a facility under construction and includes 10% travel, on-call facility operations support, and domestic relocation.

Salary: $87,300–$137,400 base per year, plus potential annual bonus and long-term incentive.

Company

hirify.global develops pharmaceutical and healthcare products and operates regulated research, development, and manufacturing facilities.

What you will do

• Support the PEMI design, startup, commissioning, and operational readiness activities in Rahway.
• Integrate and support the Ignition-based SCADA system with bioprocess and laboratory equipment, including fermenters, bioreactors, filtration systems, lyophilizers, isolators, homogenizers, mixing tanks, and Raman PAT integrations.
• Troubleshoot automation and instrumentation issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Manage patches, firmware upgrades, backups, restores, cybersecurity hardening, data integrity, and audit trails.
• Support capital projects through equipment design, installation, commissioning, testing, qualification, and GMP documentation.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, IT, development engineers, chemists, and compliance representatives on reliability, safety, sustainability, efficiency, investigations, change management, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Automation, Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, plus at least 3 years of progressive automation or process control experience in a regulated GxP environment such as biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, or medical devices.
• Proven technical proficiency with industrial PLC, HMI, and SCADA platforms, such as Rockwell and/or Siemens, including SCADA system experience.
• Experience with AVEVA PI System or comparable historian platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical thinking, root cause analysis, technical writing, verbal and written communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to prepare and review SOPs and cGMP documentation and experience working with Quality Systems.
• Knowledge of wiring diagrams, electrical schematics, instrumentation, automation components, and system integration.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams, manage multiple priorities, and contribute to innovation and team objectives.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and document management systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with Ignition, Intellution iFIX, shop-floor digital integrations, ERP interfaces, IoT smart sensors, DCS platforms including Emerson DeltaV, and automation system design, startup, commissioning, or qualification.
• Experience delivering automation projects using SDLC and GAMP 5, with working knowledge of ISA-88 and ISA-95.
• Familiarity with industrial network architecture, server virtualization, cybersecurity, OPC, Modbus, enterprise and local control networks, and object-oriented programming.
• Experience with data analytics, self-service BI platforms, regulatory audits or health authority inspections, Agile and JIRA workflows, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience coordinating maintenance around manufacturing or processing operations and integrating automation systems with enterprise IT environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, learning-oriented, and innovation-focused environment with cross-functional work across engineering, operations, maintenance, IT, chemistry, and compliance.
• Medical, dental, vision, insurance, retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, compassionate leave, and sick days.
• Regular employment status with potential annual bonus and long-term incentive eligibility.
• On-call participation and 10% travel are required; flexible work arrangements are not applicable.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted through the hirify.global careers portal; current employees and contingent workers use the designated internal application links.
• Only US and Puerto Rico residents are eligible for this posting, and visa sponsorship is not available.