Senior Technical Operations Engineer (Reagent Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Minneapolis, United States; work supports office, laboratory, and manufacturing activities.

Salary: $100,800–$165,600 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops tools that support life-sciences research and clinical diagnostics, including recombinant proteins, antibodies, assays, cell-culture media, and protein-analysis reagents.

What you will do

• Lead process-engineering support for prioritized technical gaps across reagent manufacturing operations.
• Evaluate materials, equipment, scale, process parameters, operating methods, variation, and process outputs to improve process capability.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for reagent preparation, liquid handling and transfer, mixing, formulation, and filtration.
• Define process and user requirements and support equipment selection, sizing, testing, commissioning, and qualification.
• Lead technical assessments, engineering studies, root-cause investigations, and sustainable corrective actions.
• Support manufacturing readiness for new or modified products, processes, equipment, and scale in collaboration with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Facilities, and Automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; chemical or biochemical engineering preferred.
• At least 3 years of relevant process-engineering experience in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, reagent, or diagnostic manufacturing; 5+ years preferred.
• Experience with liquid-processing operations such as mixing, formulation, filtration, liquid handling, or liquid transfer.
• Experience with equipment selection, process requirements, commissioning, qualification, or equipment troubleshooting.
• Strong process-engineering, structured problem-solving, root-cause-analysis, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Work authorization must not now or in the future require visa sponsorship in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience in regulated or controlled quality systems.
• Experience introducing or significantly modifying manufacturing processes or equipment.
• Exposure to cell culture, purification, or other biological manufacturing processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, pet, legal, and identity-protection insurance beginning on day one.
• 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, HSA, FSA, and dependent-care FSA.
• Mentorship, training and development, tuition reimbursement, and promotional opportunities.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, paid parental leave, and volunteer paid time off.
• Employee resource groups, events, charity drives, and an innovation-focused work environment.
• Work in controlled laboratory and manufacturing environments with required PPE and gowning procedures.