Senior Principal Engineer; R4-R6

Senior Principal Engineer

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it's work worth doing. If you're driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a Senior Principal Engineer to design, develop, and support intralogistics systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Implement and maintain SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) systems. Update EWM systems to align with production goals. Perform logistics flow monitoring, support transportation management, and conduct data analytics. Support integration of EWM solutions with warehouse control systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, automated guided vehicles, manufacturing execution systems, and robotic equipment.

Develop and implement system enhancements and process improvements. Develop and quantify business cases to provide input on site roadmaps and measure value gained from solution implementation.

Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of progressively responsible experience with identifying and resolving technical issues related to WCS systems. Experience must include a minimum of: 5 years of experience with SAP PP, QM, MM, and 3PL integrations; 3 years of experience with building solutions in an agile framework, including designing, implementing, automating, modernizing, maintaining, and optimizing solutions;

and 1 year of experience with delivering EWM solutions in line with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Up to 5% domestic and international travel required.

Job location:

Concord, NC.

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Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include:
Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women's Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $ - $ per year.

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts);

life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).