Engineer - Automation Engineering – Lilly Medicine Foundry

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.

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first.

We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Lilly recently announced a $4.5 billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. The first‑ever facility of its kind, combining research and manufacturing in a single location, the Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop innovative solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and increase capacity for clinical trial medicines, while also reducing costs and environmental impact.

• Technical Experience
• Site operation runtime support, enhance control system reliability and lifecycle management, in a GMP regulated environment.
• Participate in design reviews and site control system reviews, attend/support FATs.
• Tuning and troubleshooting of control loops, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD’s).
• Thorough understanding of P&’s and Instrument loop drawings and various process control communication protocols.
• Develop and Review Functional Requirements, Design Specifications and Test Specifications.
• Maintain the validated state of the site control system in line with Lilly quality standards including the development and execution of validation strategies and associated documentation.

• Experience working in a biotech or small molecule manufacturing is a plus.
• Provide on‑call support for operations, as needed.
• Demonstrated ability in resolving complex technical challenges with control systems
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Master maintenance plans.
• Experience working with DeltaV Distributed Control System, Batch Process Automation.
• Experience working with Rockwell Allen Bradley PLC’s, Factory Talk View.
• Experience in performing automation engineering activities including design, Development and Commissioning.
• Provide periodic status updates to Project Management and leadership.
• Support electronic systems (such as plant historians) used to capture process automation related production data.
• Good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines.

• In coordination with automation and compliance consultants, set and reinforce standards for appropriate rigor in automation work products.
• Demonstrated initiative, good planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks, commitment to task completion and timelines.
• Possess a keen technical curiosity and has demonstrated strong problem‑solving skills and a desire for continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners
• Good written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non‑technical audiences
• GMP knowledge and experience, regulatory requirements, computer system validation

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer/Software Engineering, or a related technical field required. Demonstrated interest or hands‑on experience in automation, controls, computer software/hardware, or engineering through…