Senior Electrical Engineer

Bristol Myers Squibb; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the site infrastructure electrical systems for a large-scale manufacturing campus. You will lead medium-voltage/high-power distribution, automation, and reliability, working with controls, facilities, and operations to ensure safe, compliant, and continuous operations.

The role emphasizes technical ownership, project leadership through design and commissioning, and collaboration with vendors and utilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of electrical engineering experience in large-scale industrial/manufacturing settings.
• Experience with medium-voltage/high-voltage distribution systems and switchgear.
• Experience with electrical system automation, controls, or monitoring.
• Familiar with NFPA 70/70E and IEEE standards and power-system analysis.
• Experience as technical lead or system owner for electrical systems.
• Ability to read single-line diagrams and coordinate across operations, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Willingness for on-site work and occasional after-hours support.

Responsibilities

• Own site infrastructure electrical systems and act as SME for electrical utilities.
• Oversee MV/HV distribution, power infrastructure, equipment, and emergency power.
• Lead or support projects from concept through design, commissioning, and handover.
• Develop and review technical requirements, specifications, and drawings.
• Perform short-circuit, arc-flash, and coordination studies.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical issues with operations and maintenance.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, partners, contractors, and the local utility.
• Provide mentorship and potential future team leadership.

Skills

Electrical leadership

MV/HV distribution

Electrical automation

Troubleshooting

Code compliance NFPA/IEEE

Project engineering

Reading diagrams

Cross-functional coordination

Multi-priority management

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Eng

Tools

ETAP

SKM

3D plant design

Engineering-modeling software

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, "Who are you working for?" - a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

The Senior Electrical Engineer, Site Infrastructure serves as a technical owner and subject-matter expert for the site's critical electrical infrastructure. This individual will own and advance medium-voltage and high-power distribution, electrical system automation and controls, electrical system reliability, capital projects, commissioning, troubleshooting, and long-term infrastructure planning for a large-scale, continuously operating manufacturing campus.

We welcome candidates from biopharmaceutical manufacturing as well as adjacent industries such as semiconductor fabrication, data centers, utilities, advanced manufacturing, energy, and engineering or construction services. Direct GMP experience is helpful but not required. Candidates with strong critical-power and industrial electrical experience will be supported in learning the applicable regulated manufacturing requirements.

This is an onsite technical leadership role that is currently an individual-contributor position, with significant system ownership and cross-functional influence. The role may evolve in the future to include a reporting engineering team. The role is well suited for an engineer who wants to own systems through their full lifecycle, lead meaningful infrastructure investments, apply high-power and electrical automation expertise to critical systems, and support reliable operations connected to the delivery of medicines to patients.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner and electrical engineering subject-matter expert for assigned site infrastructure and utility systems.
• Provide engineering oversight for medium-voltage and high-power distribution, power infrastructure, electrical equipment, emergency systems, and associated site utilities.
• Lead the specification, integration, and lifecycle management of electrical system automation, controls, and monitoring (for example, power monitoring, supervisory control, and protection and metering systems) in coordination with controls and automation partners.
• Lead or support electrical projects from concept and scope development through design, construction, commissioning, startup, and operational handover.
• Develop and review technical requirements, specifications, drawings, equipment selections, and engineering documentation.
• Perform or oversee power-system studies, such as short-circuit, protective-device coordination, arc-flash, and load-flow analysis, to support safe and reliable operation and system changes.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical-system issues and partner with operations and maintenance teams to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, engineering partners, contractors, equipment suppliers, and the local electrical utility provider.
• Support infrastructure planning, system-capacity assessments, equipment lifecycle strategies, and capital-investment recommendations.
• Provide electrical engineering support for site changes, investigations, inspections, and compliance activities.
• Review commissioning documents, system turnover packages, as-built drawings, preventive-maintenance requirements, and operating procedures.
• Promote effective collaboration and ensure engineering work is completed safely, reliably, and in alignment with site priorities.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to project teams and peers. This role does not currently have direct reports but may include leading an engineering team in the future.
• Support a continuously operating facility, including participation in the established escalation or on-call model and occasional off-hours support for critical events, planned shutdowns, and major project activities.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant technical experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and directing technical work across project teams, vendors, and contractors.
• At least 8 years of electrical engineering experience supporting large-scale industrial, manufacturing, utility, or critical-infrastructure operations.
• Hands-on experience with medium-voltage or high-voltage electrical distribution systems, including power distribution, switchgear, substations, transformers, protection systems, emergency power, or related infrastructure.
• Experience with electrical system automation, controls, or monitoring (for example, power monitoring, supervisory control, or protective-relay communications) for power distribution and electrical infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards (for example, NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, and IEEE standards) and of power-system analysis, including short-circuit, protective-device coordination, and arc-flash studies.
• Experience serving as a technical lead, system owner, project engineer, or subject-matter expert for electrical systems.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical systems and supporting equipment reliability in an operating facility.
• Experience developing technical scopes, specifications, user requirements, or design requirements for electrical infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting projects through design, installation, commissioning, startup, and operational handover.
• Ability to read and interpret single-line diagrams, electrical drawings, equipment specifications, and technical documentation.
• Ability to coordinate across operations, maintenance, engineering, safety, vendors, contractors, and other technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple technical priorities and provide support for a continuously operating site, including occasional off-hours support for significant electrical issues or planned project activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, data center, utility, chemical, energy, or advanced-manufacturing environments.
• Experience working in a regulated or highly controlled operating environment.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing engineers, including work prioritization, performance feedback, and team development, as the role may include direct reports in the future.
• Familiarity with GMP, commissioning, qualification, validation, change control, deviation, or CAPA processes.
• Experience with 13.8 kV electrical distribution or comparable medium-voltage infrastructure.
• Experience with fire-alarm, fire-suppression, emergency-power, or building utility systems.
• Experience with power-system analysis software (for example, ETAP or SKM) or 3D plant-design or engineering-modeling software.
• Professional Engineer license.

You may be a strong fit if... You currently support electrical infrastructure in a data center, semiconductor facility, utility, power-generation environment, advanced-manufacturing site, large industrial campus, or engineering and construction organization. Prior pharmaceutical experience is not required if you bring strong experience in critical power, high-power and medium-voltage distribution, electrical system automation, system ownership, commissioning, reliability, and continuously operating facilities.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Compensation Overview

Devens - MA - US: $134,550 - $163,039

The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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