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# Engineer II, Facilities at ElevateBio

- **Company:** ElevateBio
- **Location:** Waltham Massachusetts, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://elevate.bio/about/jobs/6140053004?gh_jid=6140053004

## Job description

ElevateBio is a technology-driven company powering the industry forward by helping partners realize the potential of their therapies from design to commercialization. We have integrated a differentiated set of technologies, end-to-end services, and industry-leading manufacturing expertise to develop advanced therapies faster and more efficiently.

## The Role

This role supports the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of GMP facilities, utilities, and infrastructure to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include troubleshooting equipment and utility systems, supporting engineering projects through commissioning and validation, managing quality systems such as change controls and CAPAs, and collaborating cross-functionally to optimize asset performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

Here’s What You’ll Do

- Ability to perform tasks in highly regulated industrial environment with adhere to safety and quality program policies.
- Hands on experience with troubleshooting equipment and utility issues with root cause analysis, work order management, corrective and preventive actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Knowledge of HVAC systems, pressurization, airflow, temperature, and humidity performance. Knowledge of compendial water, steam, and gas systems.
- Support engineering lifecycle process for GMP HVAC systems, supporting base building utilities (Steam, Chill Water, Hot Water, Cooling Tower), water for injection, pure steam, liquid nitrogen, clean compressed gas utilities (CO2, O2, N2, and CA), vacuum, electrical systems (uninterruptible power supply, standby power, normal power), Biokill waste processing and pH neutralization systems to support Cell Therapy and Viral Vector clinical manufacturing.
- Promote operational excellence for asset management lifecycle, maintenance programs, and calibration programs for GMP facilities and utilities systems. Support asset management lifecycle in the CMMS.
- Provide customer service support to Facilities and Engineering team to align with department objectives. Participate in safety programs to mitigate and resolved safety risks in lab and manufacturing environments.
- Support quality management and engineering change management lifecycle for commissioning, validation, and standard operating procedures.
- Lead walk down of engineering drawings, piping, and instrumentation diagrams, for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, building management system and architecture. Perform commissioning test protocol for base building infrastructure and utility systems.
- Support facility and utility shutdown planning and utility expansion planning. Support small capital projects and safety improvements project scopes for facility and utility systems.
- Support development of reliability and predictive maintenance objectives.
- Participate in project teams through all phases of engineering projects including design, constructions, startup installation, commissioning, validation, standard operating procedure development, maintenance plan development, and continuous improvement.
- Familiar with automated control systems, programmable logic controller, human machine interfaces, and human factors.
- Lead technical writing for standard operating procedures, engineering turnover package and engineering specifications in accordance with Good Engineering Practices.
- Manage quality events for change control, CAPAs, and deviation for facility and utility infrastructure.
- Work collaboratively with Facilities, Metrology, Capital Projects, Validation, Automation, Quality Control and Quality Assurance teams.

## Requirements

- BS Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Facilities, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years’ experience in GMP biotech or FDA regulated environment
- Organized, independent, and collaborative
- Strong interpersonal, technical writing, and verbal communication skills
- Experience presenting and defending Facilities Engineering in Regulatory Audits.

Physical and Environment Requirements:

- Ability to stand, walk, bend and stretch for extended period of time
- Ability to lift 25-50 lbs
- Ability to push, pull, bend, kneel, twist and climb step ladders while wearing PPE.
- Ability to perform routine repetitive motions with use of arms, wrists and hands

The budgeted range for this position is $125,000 - $165,000. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position, based on a wide range of factors including qualifications, experience and training, operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law. ElevateBio is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or any characteristic protected under applicable law. ElevateBio will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

## About ElevateBio

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ElevateBio is a technology-driven contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that powers the creation of genetic medicines by providing integrated gene editing, process development, and cGMP manufacturing capabilities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D – raised $401M in November 2025; total capital raised ~$1.3B)
- **Headquarters**: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Biopharmaceutical CDMO (cell and gene therapy, gene editing, mRNA therapeutics)
- Target customers: Biopharmaceutical innovators (B2B, enterprise)
- Mission: “To be the world’s most indispensable advanced therapy technology company, changing how companies operate, how products are created, and how disease is treated.”

## Products & Services
- **Gene Editing Tools & Discovery Services**: One of the world’s largest toolboxes of gene editing technologies (e.g., CRISPR enzymes), enabling flexible editing and broad access to the genome. Includes discovery services to move from target to optimized therapeutic candidate.
- **Process Development**: Scalable, robust manufacturing process design from preclinical through commercial scale.
- **Manufacturing (cGMP)**: Viral vectors, cell therapies, mRNA therapeutics, and lipid nanoparticles (LNP). Multi-modality capabilities with 98% batch success rate. Automated cell therapy manufacturing platform.
- **Regulatory Support & Commercialization**: Navigate CMC regulatory strategy from IND through BLA.
- **Next-Generation Sequencing / Rapid Analytics**: In-house analytics for quality and characterization.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$1.3 billion (as of Series D close in November 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Novo Nordisk (multi-target R&D collaboration worth up to ~$1.9B), Amazon Web Services (generative AI for CRISPR discovery), Sartorius (automated cell therapy platform), University of Pittsburgh / Richard King Mellon Foundation ($100M grant for biomanufacturing facility)
- **Growth Signals**: CNBC Disruptor 50 in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025; Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies; Boston Globe Top Place to Work (2022, 2023); first genetic medicines manufacturer to achieve ICMC multi-modality certification; opened flagship purpose-built biomanufacturing facility in Waltham, MA; achieved 98% manufacturing batch success rate across cell therapy, viral vector, and mRNA batches.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated Model**: Science, process development, manufacturing, and quality operate under one roof – no hand-offs between stages.
- **Continuous Technology Investment**: Automation, AI-assisted design, and process innovation embedded as a permanent operating principle to reduce costs and timelines.
- **Multi-Modality Expertise**: Covers viral vectors, cell therapies, mRNA, LNP delivery, and gene editing – enabling partners to switch modalities without restarting.
- **Proprietary Gene Editing Toolbox**: Acquired Life Edit Therapeutics, adding one of the largest collections of gene editing enzymes and patents.
- **Industry-Leading Quality**: ICMC certification across multiple modalities and 98% batch success rate exceed industry standards.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand gene editing capabilities and delivery technologies (e.g., LNP in vivo delivery for nuclease editing).
- Scale manufacturing capacity through new facilities (Waltham flagship, Pittsburgh site).
- Deepen collaborations with pharma (Novo Nordisk) and tech (AWS) to accelerate therapy development.
- Apply generative AI to broaden CRISPR discovery for complex monogenic and polygenic diseases.
- Establish manufacturing blueprints for novel modalities such as base-edited therapies.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a group of “explorers” passionate about constant discovery, new technology, and progress in life-transforming therapies.
- **Benefits**: Medical, vision, and dental covered at 90%; low deductible; employer-paid life insurance and disability; 401(k) with 4% match (no vesting); 12 weeks parental leave; competitive PTO; commuter reimbursement; monthly cell phone stipend; fitness reimbursement; access to wellness apps.
- **Development**: LinkedIn Learning access, Insights Discovery training, ongoing professional development and manager training.
- **Work Environment**: Roles primarily based in Waltham, MA (on-site for manufacturing and lab positions). Hybrid/remote not explicitly stated but likely limited for operational roles.
- **Recognition**: Boston Globe Top Place to Work; named to CNBC Disruptor 50 multiple years.

## Sources
1. [elevate.bio](https://elevate.bio/)
2. [elevate.bio/about](https://elevate.bio/about/)
3. [elevate.bio/about/careers](https://elevate.bio/about/careers/)
4. [elevate.bio/about/our-journey](https://elevate.bio/about/our-journey/)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevatebio)

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