Maintenance Engineering Technician II - 24/7 Lab Uptime

Lila Sciences; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lila Sciences in Cambridge seeks a Maintenance Engineering Technician to keep instrument uptime high. You will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot, calibrate, and document qualifications to support continuous operation of workcells.

Collaborating with Lab Operations, Research Operations, and Hardware & Controls Engineering, you’ll coordinate vendor visits, track spare parts, and record incidents in the CMMS, ensuring detailed maintenance history.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on instrument maintenance experience in a research or production lab.
• Experience maintaining biological research or analytical instruments.
• Strong documentation discipline and CMMS proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Execute scheduled preventive maintenance across the commissioned instrument fleet.
• Maintain accurate PM, repair, and service records in the CMMS.
• Perform instrument calibration and support IQ/OQ/PQ execution.
• Respond to instrument alarms, failures, and performance anomalies during shift.
• Execute in-scope repairs and elevate engineering-level issues to HCE or Automation.
• Document incidents, repairs, and out-of-tolerance conditions in the CMMS.
• Coordinate vendor visits, track service records, and maintain spare parts inventory.
• Track MTBF and downtime trends to surface recurring failure patterns.
• Help develop ME SOPs, work instructions, and maintenance practices.

Skills

Instrument maintenance

CMMS documentation

Calibration & IQ/OQ/PQ

Biotech lab exposure

Tools

Maximo

eMaint

MaintainX

Fiix

Job description

Lila Sciences in Cambridge seeks a Maintenance Engineering Technician to keep instrument uptime high. You will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot, calibrate, and document qualifications to support continuous operation of workcells.

Collaborating with Lab Operations, Research Operations, and Hardware & Controls Engineering, you’ll coordinate vendor visits, track spare parts, and record incidents in the CMMS, ensuring detailed maintenance history.