Supervising Senior Automation Engineer I

Stellix; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending or Health Savings

Unlimited Vacation Time

12 Paid Holidays

Birthing Parent Leave – 12 weeks

Pet Insurance

401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership

Employee Referral Bonus

Professional Development Reimbursement

Company Paid STD, LTD, Life Insurance

Job summary

Stellix is seeking a Senior Process Automation Engineer to develop high-quality, well-tested automation software and lead DeltaV projects at varied customer sites from greenfield installs to process improvements. You will be part of the Engineering team delivering automation solutions across industries, with exposure to multiple process environments and technologies.

You will leverage your process control expertise to produce outcomes, while aligning with NECI policies and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Conferred Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ process automation control systems engineering experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS).
• Knowledge on data collection along with experience Bus technologies and OPC communication.
• Process control knowledge in our focus industries (life sciences - pharmaceutical/biotech, food and beverage, pulp and paper, and power).
• Expect travel within the Greater Boston area to customer sites, minor additional travel within US or abroad.
• Primary – DeltaV; Secondary – OSI PI, Allen Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLCs, MATLAB, SQL, and Kepware/Matrikon OPC or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Development of Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), Detailed Design Specifications (DDS), and Test Scripts.
• Act as the overall technical lead depending on the scope and timeline of the project; independently or within in a team to Design, Implement and Test process control automation software.
• Ensure software project execution is accurate, documented, and delivered on time.
• Improve engineering efficiency of the team through training and utilization of engineers and technicians.
• Develop, adopt, and maintain a budget for a Control System project.
• Write automation based engineering proposals at the request of Account Management and the Engineering Manager.
• Engage cross-functionally between engineering disciplines to ensure deliverables are met on time.
• Customer facing technical communications.
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation/adherence of NECI and engineering policies, procedures and standards.
• Read and understand P&ID and SAMA/ISA logic diagrams.
• Design, implement, and test complex DeltaV Batch Unit Operations.
• Understand and communicate with PLCs.
• Provide leadership to team members.

Skills

DCS experience

Process automation

Travel willingness

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

DeltaV

OSI PI

Allen Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

MATLAB

SQL

Kepware/Matrikon OPC

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.

How we hire

Five steps, real conversations, and a straight answer at theend.

The Stellix Group of companies share a common mission of providing transformative solutions at the intersection of science and technology that enable our customers to deliver a healthier and more sustainable future. Our unique portfolio of companies is focused on helping life sciences and industry manufacturers build, connect, and transform operations and IT to make real progress in breakthrough therapeutics, food, energy, and more.

Here’s What You’ll Get

• Highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts
• Unlimited Vacation Time
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 12 Paid Weeks 12 Paid Weeks Birthing Parent Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Company Paid STD, LTD, and Life Insurance

About Our Team

Professional Services is a cross functional organization responsible for capital project delivery, operational run support and custom solution development and implementation. Professional Services bridges multiple industries including life sciences, food and beverage, power and specialty chemical and consumer products. Our main goals focus on increasing manufacturing throughput, improving client technology adoption, contextualizing data, and driving process and product quality into all facets of the manufacturing process.

You will be part of the Process Automation group which will support Commercial Life Sciences (mAb) and Emerging Life Sciences (RNA, mRNA, CAR-T, Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy, etc). You will support clients across the nation and globally, both on-site and remote; however, as a New England based company, we pride ourselves on our ability to serve our clients locally.

You will receive wide level of exposure to all aspects of modern manufacturing related to DCS and OEM applications and platforms. This team is often on the cutting edge of the industry change working in partnership with both startups and well-established manufacturing facilities building Greenfield facilities, transitioning and upgrading from legacy systems, and expansion of existing facilities. The Engineering team provides large project engineering, site engineering and integration engineering services using the DeltaV Automation System. Engineers leverage their expertise and knowledge of process control systems and automation across multiple process industries.

SUMMARY - The Role

We are currently looking for a Senior Process Automation Engineer who will develop high quality, well-tested and well-documented application software designs. You will lead DeltaV projects at a variety of customer sites from large scale greenfield installations to smaller process improvement activities.

You will be a member of the Engineering team providing large project engineering, site engineering and integration engineering services using the DeltaV Automation System. You will leverage your expertise and knowledge of process control systems and automation across multiple process industries in order to produce the desired outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES - What You’ll Do

• Development of Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS), Detailed Design Specifications (DDS), and Test Scripts
• Act as the overall technical lead depending on the scope and timeline of the project; independently or within in a team to Design, Implement and Test process control automation software
• Ensure software project execution is accurate, documented, and delivered on time
• Improve engineering efficiency of the team through training and utilization of engineers and technicians
• Develop, adopt, and maintain a budget for a Control System project
• Write automation based engineering proposals at the request of Account Management and the Engineering Manager
• Engage cross-functionally between engineering disciplines to ensure deliverables are met on time
• Customer facing technical communications
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation/adherence of NECI and engineering policies, procedures and standards
• Read and understand P&ID and SAMA/ISA logic diagrams
• Design, implement, and test complex DeltaV Batch Unit Operations
• Understand and communicate with PLCs
• Provide leadership to team members

QUALIFICATIONS - What You’ll Bring

• Conferred Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years’ of process automation control systems engineering experience with Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
• Knowledge on data collection along with experience Bus technologies and OPC communication
• Process control knowledge in our focus industries (life sciences - pharmaceutical/biotech, food and beverage, pulp and paper, and power)
• Specific knowledge of cGMP, batch process control in life science industry with validation experience
• Expect travel within the Greater Boston area to customer sites, minor additional travel within US or abroad
• Required Technologies and Systems
  • Primary – DeltaV
  • Secondary – OSI PI, Allen Bradley PLCs, Siemens PLCs, MATLAB, SQL, and Kepware/Matrikon OPC or equivalent

Compensation: This position offers a base salary range of $120,000 to $150,000, based on experience and qualifications. The role is also eligible for a variable compensation plan.

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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