Biotech Engineering Technician – Electromechanical Systems

Sunflowertx; Medford (MA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunflower Therapeutics PBC in Medford, MA is recruiting an Engineering Technician to support its protein manufacturing equipment, from assembly to testing and troubleshooting. You will build, modify, and test single-use assemblies, interpret diagrams, and work with bioprocess engineers to optimize fluid pathways and hardware.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, maintaining equipment logs, and contributing to system evaluations in both R&D and production environments, with a focus

Qualifications

• High school diploma, technical certificate, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 1+ years of hands-on technical experience in engineering, manufacturing, R&D, or related environment.
• Proven ability to build, test, troubleshoot, and repair electronics and electromechanical sub-assemblies.
• Ability to read and interpret technical diagrams and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Build, assemble, and modify custom single-use assemblies from drawings and SOPs.
• Collaborate with engineers to design and evaluate single-use fluid pathways.
• Perform leak testing, integrity testing, and visual inspections on single-use systems.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair electromechanical and automated hardware.
• Maintain inventory and logs for spare parts and components.
• Execute test plans and analyze data for root-cause analysis.
• Draft and update SOPs, WIs, and test reports.
• Support R&D lab workflows and cross-functional projects as needed.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Electrical diagnostics

Troubleshooting

Mechanical assembly

Reading schematics

Education

High school diploma

Technical certificate

Tools

PCBA

Soldering

P&IDs and diagrams

Job description

Sunflower Therapeutics PBC in Medford, MA is recruiting an Engineering Technician to support its protein manufacturing equipment, from assembly to testing and troubleshooting. You will build, modify, and test single-use assemblies, interpret diagrams, and work with bioprocess engineers to optimize fluid pathways and hardware.

The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, maintaining equipment logs, and contributing to system evaluations in both R&D and production environments, with a focus