Top Automation Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Lead enterprise automation and agentic AI initiatives, owning the automation and integration stack and Center of Excellence. Build secure, reusable workflows and integration frameworks using platforms such as Zapier, Claude, and Glean. Establish governance, standards, documentation, and prioritization practices while partnering with IT, innovation teams, engineers, business stakeholders, and executives. Identify operational inefficiencies, develop automation roadmaps, and deliver scalable systems with secure data handling, access controls, human oversight, and measurable business impact.

Design, build, maintain, and operate mission-critical analytics infrastructure and distributed systems at scale. Create technical designs, write high-quality code, provision cloud infrastructure, review designs and code, and mentor engineers. The role requires collaboration across teams, production system ownership, high-volume data processing, and solving complex technical problems in a fast-growing environment.

Develop and maintain automated build, testing, packaging, and deployment processes for Java applications. Manage CI/CD pipelines, dependencies, containers, cloud infrastructure, and configuration management. Troubleshoot build and deployment failures, integrate quality checks, optimize release processes, and collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to deliver reliable software releases.

Designs and engineers automated internal audit workflows that enable continuous assurance. Responsibilities include re-engineering audit processes, orchestrating AI agents, developing prompt and agent libraries, integrating Power Automate and GRC platforms, automating document and population testing, creating real-time risk dashboards, and ensuring AI governance, privacy, explainability, and human validation. The role requires technical audit transformation experience, LLM orchestration, automation platforms, SQL or Python, data governance, and data warehouse expertise.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports UiPath automation solutions. Translates business requirements into scalable workflows, implements queues, logging, exception handling, credential management, and scheduling, and monitors production automations. The role troubleshoots failures, optimizes existing workflows, documents technical solutions, participates in reviews and UAT, and contributes to reusable components and development standards while maintaining privacy, security, and compliance.

Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code and automation for hybrid cloud and bare-metal environments. Develop Terraform modules, Ansible roles, Spacelift pipelines, and provisioning workflows for Windows/Linux, VMware, AWS and Alibaba Cloud. Automate bare-metal OS deployment, imaging, patching, and lifecycle management; implement validation, drift detection, and change controls; collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to standardize self-service provisioning and improve operational reliability and auditability.

Build and deploy secure business automations and integrations across SaaS tools, internal systems, and APIs. Partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact workflow improvements, apply AI and agentic patterns where appropriate, and establish scalable engineering practices for documentation, testing, access controls, secrets management, logging, and maintenance. The role also helps shape automation infrastructure and team standards while collaborating with security and IT leadership.

Leads automation engineering for a regulated medical-device manufacturing site. Responsibilities include developing automation roadmaps, supporting and troubleshooting automated equipment, leading machine vision and robotics initiatives, qualifying and validating equipment, implementing corrective actions, improving reliability, and deploying emerging technologies. Partners with cross-functional and regional teams to execute automation projects and ensure compliance with quality, safety, validation, and regulatory requirements. The role is onsite in Danvers, Massachusetts, with 10–15% travel.

Commission, integrate, troubleshoot, and support laboratory robotic automation systems involving robots, instruments, scheduling software, databases, and device firmware. Conduct FAT and SAT, configure workflows, interpret C# and Python code, document deployments, train customers, and manage technical communications. The role requires frequent domestic and international travel to customer sites and increasing independent ownership of standard and complex automation systems.

Architects and standardizes laboratory automation deployments, including robotic systems, orchestration software, LIMS, ELN, and third-party integrations. Defines commissioning standards, acceptance criteria, integration patterns, and testing methods; leads new product introduction and resolves complex technical escalations. The role mentors engineers, develops training and documentation, partners cross-functionally, and selectively supports high-risk customer deployments. Requires extensive laboratory automation experience, object-oriented programming, robotic arm integration, and travel up to 20%.

Commission, integrate, troubleshoot, and validate complex laboratory automation systems involving robots, instruments, software, databases, and multi-system workflows. Develop C# automation software, configure scheduling systems, perform FAT and SAT, and support customer deployments. Train customer teams, manage stakeholder expectations, document technical solutions, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires frequent domestic and international travel to customer sites.

Provides technical support and engineering services for laboratory automation environments. Installs, operates, maintains, validates, troubleshoots, and scripts liquid handlers, plate readers, robotic systems, and related software. Develops methods, performs testing, modifies automation systems, trains users, documents procedures, and supports compliance programs. Collaborates with scientists and engineering teams to improve research workflows and implement automation technologies across client laboratory sites.

Supports R&D project and experiment planning, workflow analysis, process improvement, and engineering automation. Develops Python-based tools, dashboards, and data-analysis solutions to reduce manual work, identify bottlenecks and anomalies, improve visibility, and accelerate development cycles. Collaborates with engineering teams to standardize workflows, create SOPs, and drive continuous improvement in a photonics and semiconductor manufacturing environment.

Own supplier coordination, BOM management, material planning, manufacturing readiness, and program dependencies across hardware programs. Design, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot automated test equipment, production fixtures, programming stations, sensor systems, and custom manufacturing hardware. Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, contract manufacturing, and supply-chain teams to resolve sourcing risks, engineering changes, production issues, and automation challenges from prototype through volume manufacturing.

Own and extend production automation for Microsoft 365 and Entra ID across a complex multi-company tenant. Maintain identity lifecycle processes, Exchange Online and SharePoint Online automation, integrations, access governance, authentication, monitoring, and CI/CD practices. Troubleshoot and refactor existing code, support organizational lifecycle events, improve security and reliability, document solutions, and serve as a senior escalation point while mentoring peers.

Own the managed services tooling ecosystem, building API, webhook, and email integrations across RMM, monitoring, backup, and ITSM platforms. Configure Jira Service Management, reduce alert noise, troubleshoot tooling failures, establish integration standards, evaluate new tools, and ensure customer-specific rollouts. Produce operational reporting, explain tooling to customers, and maintain auditable documentation within ITIL-aligned change management processes.

Supports customer laboratory automation platforms through case management, software and hardware troubleshooting, code debugging and deployment, networking and database configuration, system upgrades, and customer training. Collaborates with field service and internal teams to resolve issues, deploy automation solutions, document defects, and improve support processes. The role is remote on the East Coast with work at customer sites and approximately 30% domestic travel.

Designs, builds, and maintains automated test suites; integrates testing into CI/CD pipelines; develops testing strategies; performs functional, performance, load, security, and manual testing; troubleshoots defects; and collaborates with developers, product managers, and stakeholders in an agile environment.

Design, implement, and operate CI/CD pipelines for mobile and backend services; maintain build/test/release processes with quality gates and artifact management; configure non-production environments; support release preparation and deployment coordination; integrate monitoring/logging and improve automation, performance, and reliability of delivery pipelines.

Performs functional, automated, regression, performance, backend, frontend, and end-to-end testing for financial software products. Develops automation scripts, participates in test-code reviews and Agile Scrum ceremonies, investigates production issues through code and log analysis, and collaborates with distributed teams to deliver high-quality solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL, cloud platforms, and testing frameworks.

Leads Ignition SCADA back-end architecture, gateway redundancy, SQL databases, tag historians, PLC and OPC connectivity, and enterprise integrations. Designs scalable interfaces with LIMS, ERP, and QMS systems; establishes security, data integrity, and integration standards. Manages projects, reviews technical deliverables, supports commissioning, mentors engineers, and provides lifecycle support for deployed systems. Requires significant travel locally and substantial on-site presence.

Designs, develops, deploys, and supports automation solutions, scripts, API integrations, and workflows for Technology operations. Maintains production automations, troubleshoots failures, manages integrations and credentials, documents solutions, and supports technology projects, acquisitions, migrations, and onboarding. Partners with Technology teams to analyze processes, prioritize automation opportunities, develop technical designs, establish governance standards, and improve operational efficiency through scalable automation, reporting, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Design and deploy automation systems for high-volume optical transceiver manufacturing, including AI-based machine vision, robotics, motion control, testing, packaging, and process integration. Lead automation from concept through qualification and production ramp, resolve equipment issues, improve yield and throughput, collaborate with vendors and engineering teams, and develop documentation, validation protocols, and capital equipment justifications.

Plan, execute and automate functional, regression and integration tests for mobile (iOS/Android) and backend services. Create and maintain test plans, cases and data; log and track defects; support UAT, performance and stability checks; collaborate with developers, DevOps and architects; integrate automated tests into CI pipelines and validate release readiness across environments and physical devices.

Leads enterprise-wide quality engineering and automation strategy, designing scalable test frameworks, reusable automation platforms, CI/CD integrations, and AI-powered testing capabilities. Establishes standards, architectures, and best practices while supporting web, mobile, API, microservices, cloud-native, and distributed applications. Provides technical mentorship, partners with engineering and DevOps teams, improves testing effectiveness and reliability, and drives adoption of intelligent automation, predictive quality analytics, and continuous testing practices.