Katalyst CRO · 5 hours ago
Sr. Automation Engineer
Indianapolis, IN
Contract
Onsite
Senior LevelKatalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences is a company focused on automation in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. They are seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to provide technical support and leadership in automation projects, ensuring alignment with program standards and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
AnalyticsBiopharmaData ManagementHuman ResourcesQuality Assurance
Responsibilities
Provide support or ownership of the technical scope for their assigned area of the automation project
Act as an automation representative in cross-functional program leadership meetings, ensuring alignment between automation, process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams Serve as the key point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, progress, and risk mitigation of their assigned area
Collaborate with Program technical offices to ensure the automation solution is aligned with the overall program automation philosophy and standards
Provide technical support to the team working on their area of the project for the respective area/node and ensure that applicable standards are followed
Ensure consistency of the automation deliverables (requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes, etc.)
Participate in P&ID and lead control strategy design
Lead in defining the software components that need to be created or modified
Communicates progress, issues, and needs to automation project manager for the entire workstream/all areas of the project
Lead input, review, and approve of functional requirements and specifications
Lead design of Parameter and Recipe Specification philosophy
Responding to system integrator technical queries
Lead and collaborate on the development of software testing strategies
Identification of any remediation effort required on process control software
Identify and analyze risks of technical nature particular to the area and planning responses
Maintain compliance with training requirements
Provide training and support to junior engineers and other team members
Champion the adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that improve automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability
Qualification
Required
Provide support or ownership of the technical scope for their assigned area of the automation project
Act as an automation representative in cross-functional program leadership meetings, ensuring alignment between automation, process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams
Serve as the key point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, progress, and risk mitigation of their assigned area
Collaborate with Program technical offices to ensure the automation solution is aligned with the overall program automation philosophy and standards
Provide technical support to the team working on their area of the project for the respective area/node and ensure that applicable standards are followed
Ensure consistency of the automation deliverables (requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes, etc.)
Participate in P&ID and lead control strategy design
Lead in defining the software components that need to be created or modified
Communicates progress, issues, and needs to automation project manager for the entire workstream/all areas of the project
Lead input, review, and approve of functional requirements and specifications
Lead design of Parameter and Recipe Specification philosophy
Responding to system integrator technical queries
Lead and collaborate on the development of software testing strategies
Identification of any remediation effort required on process control software
Identify and analyze risks of technical nature particular to the area and planning responses
Maintain compliance with training requirements
Provide training and support to junior engineers and other team members
Champion the adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that improve automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability
Deep expertise/hands-on experience in DeltaV design, implementation and testing experience
Automation experience in the pharmaceutical/life science industry, with a preference for API/bulk manufacturing environments
Experience leading cross-functional automation teams
Company
Katalyst CRO
Katalyst CRO | Advancing Healthcare & Life Sciences with Expert Research & Regulatory Solutions Katalyst Healthcare & Life Sciences (Katalyst CRO) is a Global Contract Research and Knowledge Process Outsourcing Organization (CRO) dedicated to driving innovation in research, regulatory compliance, and quality excellence for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies worldwide.
51-200 employees
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