Senior Specialist, Engineering

Senior Manufacturing Automation Engineer – Hybrid (West Point Vaccine Manufacturing)
Responsibilities:

• Own life cycle management for manufacturing automation systems, including assessment, scoping, funding, and execution of system upgrades to mitigate obsolescence risks and improve cybersecurity posture.
• Coordinate with facility automation leads and business capital owners to define upgrade scope, secure capital approval, and manage project delivery.
• Support management of connected instruments: support, qualification, and integration of manufacturing instruments such as portable particle counters, pH/conductivity meters, and spectrophotometers.
• Execute on‑site support and qualification for site‑owned devices; coordinate with global product owners to manage middleware and integrations with MES and LIMS.
• Participate in planning new qualifications and review/approve SDLC documentation for deployments into new areas.
• Provide direct support to manufacturing automation systems: troubleshoot operations, investigate automation anomalies to prevent recurrence, and develop code/configuration changes to improve performance.
• Perform system administration: identify trends, monitor processes, maintain system documentation, query and analyze data, and upskill operations/support groups.
• Support projects for new equipment introduction, integration of new system functionality, and obsolescence management/replacement/upgrade to improve production unit performance.
• Communicate daily with business, technical, and quality representatives through the tier process.
• Understand and support GMPs, safety, and environmental regulations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Information Technology, or other relevant discipline.

• 5 years in process automation (or equivalent).
• Experience with automation platforms including DCS (Delta
  
  V), PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens), SCADA, OSI PI, and Batch Reporting (Informetric Info Batch).
• Skills:
  
  Audit Management, Business Process Improvements, Data Management, Problem Management, Quality Management, Real‑Time Programming, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Experience with Computer System Validation.
• Familiar with lean manufacturing and ability to translate business logic and requirements into detailed system requirements.