Sr. Engineer II, Drug Product Automation

The Role: Reporting to the Director, Global Drug Product Automation, the Sr. Engineer II, Drug Product will serve as a technical leader responsible for defining, governing, and advancing the automation and control system architecture supporting Drug Product Filling, Packaging, Visual Inspection, and related digital systems. The Principal Automation Engineer will provide technical leadership throughout the automation system lifecycle, including design, development, integration, startup, qualification, operational support, and continuous improvement. This individual will establish engineering standards and reusable design approaches, enable interoperability between equipment and digital platforms, and provide subject matter expertise for complex technical decisions, capital projects, system upgrades, and regulatory activities. Here’s What You’ll Do: Serve as a senior technical authority for Drug Product automation systems supporting Filling, Packaging, Visual Inspection, and associated manufacturing equipment. Define, develop, and evolve automation architecture and engineering standards for Drug Product equipment and digital systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, modular, and aligned with current and future manufacturing requirements. Establish and govern automation standards for equipment state models, data structures, sequencing strategies, equipment modu [... source excerpt omitted ...] maintain automation software, hardware, functional, and system architecture specifications to ensure designs meet manufacturing, quality, engineering, cybersecurity, and lifecycle requirements. Act as a system owner for GxP manufacturing systems, including Rockwell and Siemens PLC platforms, SCADA systems including AVEVA Wonderware, historians, equipment control systems, and associated automation engineering infrastructure. Define integration strategies that enable reliable communication and interoperability between equipment control systems, SCADA, MES, historians, serialization systems, data platforms, and enterprise applications. Establish requirements and standards for context [... source excerpt omitted ...] s. Ensure appropriate change control, configuration management, system lifecycle, and validation practices are incorporated into automation-related changes in accordance with GMP requirements. Serve as an automation subject matter expert during regulatory audits and inspections, providing technical support related to control system design, automation architecture, system lifecycle management, and data integrity. Identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities to improve equipment reliability, automation system performance, maintainability, data quality, and manufacturing efficiency. Stay current with advancements in industrial automation, digital manufacturing, control sys