Principal Engineer - Automation & Assembly (Medical Devices)

Location: Glens Falls, New York, United States; on-site. Up to 10% business travel, including supplier visits, equipment acceptance activities, and domestic or international project support.

Salary: $116,000–$174,000 annual; bonus and/or incentive eligible.

Company

hirify.global is a growing worldwide medical device and healthcare products organization offering total rewards, continuing education, and training.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for advanced automation, assembly equipment, manufacturing processes, and new product or equipment introductions.
• Lead automated equipment projects from concept and machine design through supplier selection, build, factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning, validation, production release, and optimization.
• Develop project scopes, technical requirements, specifications, budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and implementation plans for capital equipment projects.
• Author, review, and execute equipment and process validation documentation, including IQ, OQ, PQ, protocols, test methods, acceptance criteria, deviations, and reports.
• Troubleshoot complex equipment, controls, quality, safety, and performance issues; lead root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Maintenance, R&D, suppliers, system integrators, and machine builders while mentoring engineers and technical team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, automation, manufacturing, mechatronics, biomedical, or another engineering-related field, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• At least 7 years of engineering experience supporting automation, automated manufacturing equipment, assembly systems, machine design, equipment implementation, or manufacturing/process engineering.
• Experience commissioning, proving out, validating, and bringing complex automated equipment or manufacturing processes into production.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, or leading cross-functional engineering projects.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of automated equipment, machine systems, manufacturing processes, and structured technical problem solving.
• Ability to manage capital projects, equipment suppliers, technical requirements, schedules, risks, and multiple priorities.
• Working knowledge of equipment and process validation, technical documentation, change control, root cause analysis, and process improvement methods.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with a humble, collaborative, and practical leadership style.

Nice to have

• 10+ years of direct automation-related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with medical devices, healthcare products, pharmaceuticals, or other regulated manufacturing environments, including Class I or Class II medical devices, design controls, risk management, CAPA, change control, and quality-system requirements.
• Hands-on knowledge of PLC programming and industrial controls, including Allen-Bradley platforms.
• Experience with robotics, machine vision, servo or motion control, sensors, HMIs, safety systems, data acquisition, and manufacturing equipment integration.
• Experience taking automated equipment from design and commissioning through validation, production launch, and sustained operation.
• Experience leading CapEx projects with machine builders, systems integrators, and equipment suppliers.
• Experience developing or validating machines, assembly processes, manufacturing methods, and products.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Design of Experiments, process characterization, statistical analysis, or Minitab.
• Formal leadership experience or success mentoring, teaching, and developing less-experienced engineers and technical personnel.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site employment in a regulated medical device manufacturing environment.
• Competitive total rewards package with health insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) contributions, and paid time off for eligible employees.
• Continuing education and training opportunities.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging, diversity, and career growth.
• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups, and Employee Service Corp access; benefit eligibility varies by average weekly hours.