Automation Systems Engineer II (DCS/PLC)

Location: Fully site-based in Vacaville, California, United States

Salary: $93,000–$155,000 annual base salary, plus performance-related bonus

Company

hirify.global is a life sciences company with more than 30 sites across five continents, manufacturing medicines and supporting pharmaceutical innovation.

What you will do

• Provide system administration, infrastructure design, and technical support for DCS, MCS, production automation, and QC systems.
• Perform user management, backup and restore, archival, data retention, audit trail review, and patching activities.
• Support infrastructure components including firewalls and antivirus software, as well as testing, debugging, startup, and break-fix activities.
• Assist Senior and Principal System Engineers with projects, vendor software integrations, custom applications, and automation roadmap initiatives.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Process Science, Validation, and Quality Assurance on right-first-time solutions and project documentation.
• Troubleshoot automation and QC issues, including cause analysis, investigations, unplanned event assessments, CAPAs, discrepancy evaluations, and corrective actions; provide routine and after-hours support for CCP1, CCP2, production automation, and QC systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Effective communication at all levels.
• Ability to secure relevant information and identify key issues and relationships from available information.
• Ability to evaluate automation engineering problems, establish cause-and-effect relationships, and propose solutions.
• Ability to adapt to changing conditions and prioritize deliverables.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Vacaville, California, including routine and after-hours support as required.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a collaborative, accountable, excellence-oriented life sciences environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) matching plan.
• Life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs, paid time off, and performance-related bonus.