Maintenance Engineering Technician II

Lila Sciences • Cambridge, MA

17d • Onsite

About The Position

Maintenance Engineering Technicians are the backbone of instrument uptime at Lila. You will execute preventive maintenance schedules, perform first-response troubleshooting, maintain calibration and qualification records, and coordinate with Lab Operations, Research Operations, and Hardware & Controls Engineering to keep workcells running. This is a hands-on, precision role in a fast-moving, highly automated lab environment. You’ll support reliable operation of commissioned instruments and integrated workcells through disciplined maintenance, documentation, troubleshooting, and vendor coordination.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on instrument maintenance experience in a research, clinical, or production lab.
• Experience maintaining biological research or analytical instruments.
• Working knowledge of pipetting system calibration, fluidics troubleshooting, and optical systems.
• Experience with cell culture equipment preventive maintenance.
• Familiarity with biological safety and containment protocols.
• Strong documentation discipline and comfort working in a CMMS.
• Demonstrated independence troubleshooting and executing PM across multiple instrument families.

Nice To Haves

• Direct CMMS experience, such as Maximo, eMaint, MaintainX, or Fiix.
• Experience authoring or executing IQ/OQ/PQ in a regulated lab environment.
• Vendor management experience, including service contract coordination.
• Exposure to robotic automation platforms or integrated workcells.
• Comfort with shift-based operations supporting 24/7 lab environments.

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 escalate 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed