Maintenance Engineering Technician II

Your Impact at LILA 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. What You'll Be Building 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 You'll Need to Succeed 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. Bonus Points For Direct CMMS experience, such as Maximo, eMaint, MaintainX, or Fiix. Experience auth