Eli Lilly and Company · 6 hours ago
Sr. Principal Engineer – MSAT Visual Inspection
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$117K/yr - $172K/yr
10+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, focused on discovering and bringing life-changing medicines to those in need. The Sr. Principal Visual Inspection Engineer role involves providing technical guidance for visual inspection operations and mentoring personnel at the Kenosha site, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement in visual inspection processes.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Understand the scientific principles required for manufacturing parenteral drug products, including the interaction of chemistry, equipment, aseptic processes, and container closure systems
Provide technical oversight regarding defect classification, visual inspection technique, and visual inspection qualification program to support production operations
Perform root cause analysis and apply scientific principles and understanding related to defect creation, prevention, and detection
Author, review, approve and provide technical support for the preparation of technical documents, including personnel qualification strategies, control strategies, investigations, change controls, expert opinions, procedures, processing records, validation protocols and summary reports, defect classifications, technical studies, regulatory submissions, etc
Provide technical support for non-routine investigations (e.g., deviations, complaints), including consultation on quality
Ensure that an accurate instruction set (tickets & procedures) describes the process as performed and the control strategy for the discrete manufacturing steps
Develop, monitor, and appropriately react to established statistically based metrics in real-time to assess process variability and capability. Apply process knowledge and data analysis skills to support the management of daily manufacturing operations
Support and/or lead TS/MS technical projects to ensure a successful start-up, improve process control, yield, product quality and/or productivity. Implement process changes and improvements through the technical agenda
Serve as technical interface external to the Kenosha site
Provide audit support, as needed
Work within or lead cross-functional teams in a positive fashion to implement TS/MS objectives and deliver on business plan and quality objectives
Collaborate with and influence partners across the Parenteral Network and teams along a specific product supply chain
Ensure a safe working environment through compliance with safety rules and improve safety culture by actively participating in safety-related activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or other related scientific discipline
Minimum 10 years of visual inspection experience within the life science industry
Experience in TS/MS, MSAT, Quality, Engineering, or Operations
Experience with data trending and analysis
Previous experience with deviation and change management systems
Preferred
Ability to analyze complex data and solve problems
Demonstrated successful leadership of cross-functional teams
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
Strong self-management and organizational skills
Oral and written communication skills that demonstrate an ability to effectively (clearly, succinctly) communicate with all levels of the organization
Benefits
Company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
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
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-23
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