Automation Engineer Control Design (x|f|m) – On-site

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The Role
We are currently looking for an Automation Engineer Control Design (x|f|m) for Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, based at our headquarters in Göttingen or alternatively at our site in Pompey, France. In this role, you will design and validate advanced control concepts for our next-generation chromatography platforms. You will develop innovative strategies and verify them through Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will transform ideas into high-performing solutions, ensuring seamless integration across our chromatography systems and downstream portfolio. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to contribute your own ideas in emerging areas such as digital twin technology and machine learning – helping us shape the future together.

Grow with us – Your Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and test control concepts for chromatography units, working closely with Bioprocess Engineers to optimize the performance of our chromatography systems

  • Implement control logic using Matlab|Simulink

  • Build and execute Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing setups to validate control logic, simulate process conditions, and ensure reliable system behavior before site commissioning.

  • Collaborate with process engineers, hardware engineers, and test management to ensure alignment between automation, hardware, and process requirements.

  • Participate in technical reviews to define automation and control requirements.

  • Collaborate closely with stakeholders in R&D, automation, and data analytics

  • Contribute to continuous improvement of simulation tools and testing methodologies

What will convince us

  • Master’s degree in Control Engineering, Automation,  Informatics or related field. PhD is an advantage

  • Experience in automation|control system development

  • Proficiency with Matlab|Simulink and Python

  • Strong understanding of process control principles, instrumentation, and P&ID interpretation

  • Experience with industrial communication protocols (Modbus, Profibus, OPC, Ethernet|IP)

  • Experience with simulation or HIL testing environments for validation of control logic

  • Excellent communication, teamwork, and analytical problem-solving skills

  • Proficiency in English, German or French can be advantageous

What we offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:

  • Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings , coaching for managers

  • Large, modern campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center

  • Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact

  • Travel benefits: Company car, car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections

  • This is on top: Home office workstation, rent subsidy and collective accident insurance

  • Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network

We support diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages, disabilities and cultural backgrounds.

About Sartorius 

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide. 

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application. 
www.sartorius.com/careers

Sartorius Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sartorius and has not been reviewed or approved by Sartorius.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes multiple medical plan options with dental, vision, HSA/FSA, EAP, and wellness resources across many locations. Quality of core medical, dental, and vision is characterized as solid.
  • Retirement Support Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a company match highlighted in U.S. materials and employer‑verified listings. The match is characterized as generous at some sites.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible hours and hybrid/home‑office options are available where roles and regions allow, with role‑dependent perks in some locations. Broader extras such as commuter benefits, discounts, and tuition assistance add optionality where eligible.

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The Company
HQ: Göttingen
9,059 Employees
Year Founded: 1870

What We Do

Sartorius is a leading international partner of life sciences research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. We help our customers #SimplifyProgress from drug discovery to manufacturing so that more people can have access to better medicine. With this, we are #PartOfTheSolution in the fight against diseases worldwide. With innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the our Lab Products & Services division focuses on laboratories performing research and quality control at pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies as well as academic research institutes. The Bioprocess Solutions division, with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions, helps customers manufacture biotech medications, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies safely, rapidly, and economically. Based in Göttingen, Germany, Sartorius also has a strong global reach with around 60 production and sales sites worldwide. We regularly expand our portfolio through the acquisition of complementary technologies. In 2023, Sartorius generated sales revenue of around 3.4 billion euros. Currently, around 14,600 employees from around 110 nations are working for customers around the globe. Join our team, partner or collaborate with us.

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