Senior Automation Engineer
Listed on 2026-07-27
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Engineering
Automation & Mechatronics Engineer, Systems Engineer, Validation Engineer
We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place.
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose – Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives – we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
Pfizer Digital takes immense pride in being at the forefront of innovation, harnessing cutting‑edge smart technology that profoundly impacts the lives of our patients.
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues.
Transforming Delivery of high quality products
Pfizer, We are one
PGS - Manufacture the Future
At Pfizer, we believe that every role is crucial in our mission to improve patients' lives. Within our Global Supply division, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our manufacturing processes are efficient, reliable, and innovative. Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need when they need them.
Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to deliver life‑saving medicines to patients around the globe.
- Provide a lead engineering role for automation upgrade capital projects involving automation systems.
- Provide engineering support for the delivery of new automation and software technologies; define minimum standards for computer systems and control system hardware and software components within the business unit.
- Perform detailed reliability analyses for all critical automation systems used in production manufacturing and their associated infrastructure systems.
- Provide technical engineering direction and support for the maintenance, installation, startup/commissioning, testing, and qualification of automation systems for process equipment, process‑related systems, and infrastructure equipment within a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
- Provide detailed engineering support for change controls and limited‑scope functional upgrades to existing systems.
- Troubleshoot multiple automation platforms, with a primary focus on Allen‑Bradley PLCs and GE iFIX SCADA systems.
- Support automation design for cell culture, harvest, and purification process equipment, including development of User Requirement Specifications (URS), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), and Configuration Specifications (CS).
- Develop and execute commissioning plans, as well as validation and qualification documentation.
- Write and review change controls, and review and approve specifications, drawings, and other project‑related documentation.
- Support project activities, including estimating project budgets and developing specifications for new equipment.
- Provide instrumentation support, including I/O troubleshooting, signal verification, loop checks, and control panel design and review.
- Support maintenance activities, attend required meetings, and maintain specified training requirements.
- Design and implement automation systems in compliance with ALCOA data integrity principles (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, and Accurate).
- Support equipment maintenance history reviews, investigations, and audits as required.
- Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical engineering, or a relevant scientific discipline with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR
a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR as associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience. - Minimum of 4 years of automation experience with a BS, or 3 years with an MS, including automation of pharmaceutical process systems and execution of design, commissioning, and troubleshooting activities.
- Working knowledge of cGMP…
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