Senior Automation Engineer

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About the Company

Biolinq is a venture-backed digital health company developing a wearable biosensor platform that measures biomarkers important to the management of many clinical conditions including diabetes. This dynamic role is a part of a team of engineers and scientists developing a novel intradermal biosensor technology and the associated software data extraction and rendering SDK that will transform the way people manage their metabolic health.

Job Purpose:

Responsible for activities and area goals through design, development, qualification, deployment, and sustaining of automation equipment and production fixtures at the component and finished product level.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support R&D and Manufacturing Engineering with development of fixtures and automation solutions enabling product and process development;
• Develop processes, fixtures, and equipment that meet business and manufacturing needs;
• Design, prototype, evaluate, and deploy robust fixtures for process characterization, engineering builds, verification activities, and manufacturing scale-up;
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes to improve quality, capacity, repeatability, and cost;
• Develop user requirements and equipment specifications (URS, ERD) for automation equipment and fixtures;
• Manage equipment lifecycle through requirements development, design review, FAT/SAT, qualification, deployment, and sustaining support;
• Partner with external automation vendors and system integrators to develop equipment concepts, schedules, budgets, and implementation plans;
• Lead technical reviews of automation system architecture, controls, mechanical design, software, safety systems, and validation strategy;
• Review equipment and fixture designs to ensure manufacturability, serviceability, operator usability, and scalability;
• Develop risk assessments, qualification protocols, acceptance criteria, and preventative maintenance requirements for equipment and fixtures;
• Design experiments to characterize and optimize equipment, fixtures, and process performance using standard engineering and statistical methods;
• Partner with Quality and Validation teams to support equipment qualification activities;
• Complete root cause investigations related to equipment, tooling, automation systems, and process performance and implement sustainable corrective actions;
• Optimize equipment and fixture designs to improve quality, efficiency, capacity, and process repeatability at the lowest cost;
• Develop capital plans and cost models to support automation investments, capacity expansion, and manufacturing scale-up;
• Support evaluation, selection, development, and qualification of automation suppliers, integrators, and manufacturing partners;
• Manage automation project execution with external vendors to ensure delivery of scope, schedule, budget, and performance objectives;
• Develop business processes, standards, and tools that improve equipment deployment, manufacturing execution, and automation capability;
• Provide the voice of manufacturing and automation to ensure successful transfer from R&D into production and future product generations