Automation Engineer

Stellix; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Vacation

Paid Holidays

Birthing Leave

401k + ESOP

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Stellix in Boston seeks an Automation Engineer to design, implement, and govern DeltaV control systems at client sites within the greater Boston area. You will join a team that starts up DCS at customer facilities, optimizing processes while ensuring compliance and quality.

The role requires a BS in engineering and at least 3 years of DeltaV experience, with on-site presence five days per week initially, then four days. Stellix offers a competitive base salary and a variable compensation plan.

Qualifications

• 3 years programming and configuration experience with DeltaV Distributed Control System.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, test, and maintain DeltaV Control Systems Applications.
• Pursue engineering solutions for process optimization through control technologies.
• Support daily manufacturing operation for process optimization.
• Collect customer data and design control strategies.
• Participate in start-up of Distributed Control Systems at customer sites.
• Conduct site acceptance testing (SAT) and provide documentation.
• Perform control system loop checks.
• Read and interpret P&IDs and logic descriptions.
• Complete automation projects as part of a technical team.

Skills

DeltaV DCS programming

Field instrumentation

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Job description

Our people drive outcomes in live operations.

Organizations in the life sciences and other critical industries need a partner who can define what’s next and stay accountable once it’s live. That’s the work here: we design, implement, and govern the operating models that turn disruption into durable competitiveadvantage.

You need frontline execution judgment, not just the ability to deliver strategy slides. The work is designing for resilient operations in the life sciences and other critical industries. The opportunity is to positively impact the lives of real people: your family, your friends, your colleagues, and others around theworld.

You will work directly with customers in high-stakes environments, including labs, manufacturing sites, and control rooms. Every situation is different, but in all cases, innovation and change cannot compromise quality, production, orcompliance.

You’re committed to designing, running, and governing the “best digital architecture for the client,” helping them use AI to get the most out of their physical and digital assets to achieve their desiredoutcomes.

You’re evaluated on results, not project completion alone. Whether it’s accelerated batch release, reduced deviations, or increased throughput, your success is defined by the measurable impact you make on the client’soperations.

Why people choose to build a career atStellix

That judgment is only the beginning. Stellix team members develop a rare, compounding blend of strategic and operational expertise toward something bigger: the opportunity to create an AI-empowered operational transformation partner that can guide organizations into a new frontier of operationalexcellence.

Our team members help define how these environments run. You’re helping to build the new frontier of the business itself, combining people, data, systems, AI, robotics, and intelligent automation to change what’spossible.

Most partners can either design the future or run live operations. Stellix team members do both. They work directly with customers, not just for them, to design, run, and govern the adaptive operating models that will make their business moreresilient.

Those individual results add up to something more lasting. Stellix team members are building a company that creates meaningful outcomes not just for customers, but for the communities theyserve.

Life at Stellix

On the floor, in the data, with the customer.

Our people work where the operation is — plants, labs, control rooms, and the systems behind them — designing, running, and governing the models that keep them adaptive. One team, blending strategy and execution across functions and industries, turning continuous change into durableadvantage.

What we offer

Close to the operation, honest about complexity, and measured on outcomes — not activity. You’ll partner directly with the customers whose production depends on getting itright.

• Continued learning &certification
• Employee-owned(ESOP)

The approach

Four connected disciplines. One accountable team.

Careers here span the full lifecycle — design it, implement it, and govern it once it’s live. Wherever you sit, the workconnects.

Operational Foresight

See risk and opportunity before they hit the floor. We use live plant data and modeling to plan the next move with confidence — so decisions are made early, not in acrisis.

Strategy in Motion

Turn strategy into sequenced, executable change that adapts as conditions shift — not a binder that sits on a shelf. Outcomes stay the fixed point; the planflexes.

Digital Infrastructure for Adaptive Operations

The connected data-and-control backbone — from IIoT sensors (internet-connected industrial devices) to MES (manufacturing execution systems that run and record production) — that lets operations flex withoutbreaking.

Outcomes and Adaptive Advantage

Measurable results that compound: faster time-to-batch-release, higher uptime, fewer deviations, lower cost-to-serve — and the resilience to keep improving as changecontinues.

Stellix helps organizations in the life sciences and other critical industries connect strategy, systems, and teams so they can turn digital and AI investments into measurable operational results. Join our team as we design, implement, and govern the adaptive operating models that produce outcomes that matter to our clients and the communities they serve.

Role Summary

As Stellix continues to grow, we have an opportunity for an Automation Engineer to explore systems applications across many process industries. Do you enjoy taking on new and interesting challenges? Do you take pride in providing the best solutions to your clients? Do you want to execute projects as part of a technical team? This role will contribute to the start-up of new Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control Systems (DCS) at customer sites. You will be part of a team that engages customers on automation solutions and supports each other along the way.

What You Will Do:

• Design, configure, test, and maintain DeltaV Control Systems Applications
• Pursue engineering solutions for process optimization through implementation of process control technologies and strategies
• Provide support of the daily manufacturing operation for process optimization
• Collect customer data and utilize it for designing control strategies
• Participate in the start-up of Distributed Control Systems (DCS) at customer sites
• Conduct site acceptance testing (SAT) and provide supporting documentation
• Perform control system loop checks
• Ability to read and interpret piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs) and logic descriptions
• Complete automation projects as a member of a large technical team

What you will Bring:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Commutes to customer sites within the greater Boston Area, optional travel within US or abroad
• 3 years programming and configuration experience with DeltaV Distributed Control System
• Field instrumentation installation and troubleshooting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Process control experience
• Familiarity with computer networks Knowledge of cGxP systems and procedures
• Technologies and Systems
• Ability to work with teams
• Willingness to learn and develop new expertise
• Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts
• Unlimited Vacation Time Policy
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 12 Paid Weeks Birthing Parent Leave
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Paid STD, LTD, and Life Insurance

Compensation: This position offers a base salary range of $85,000 to $115,000, based on experience and qualifications. The role is also eligible for a variable compensation plan.

The posted salary range represents a good faith estimate of the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and business needs.

On-Site Requirements

This position requires a full on-site presence 5 days per week during the first 4-6 months. Following that period, the role will be on-site four days per week, including Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with the fourth on-site day alternating between Tuesday or Friday depending on business needs.

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Policy on Third-Party Unsolicited Resume Submissions: Please note that any third-party unsolicited resume submissions will immediately become the property of Stellix. Stellix will not pay any fee to a submitting employment agency, person, or entity unless a signed agreement is established.

Please Note: Stellix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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