Senior Engineer - Automation

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

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The Senior Engineer – Automation is a senior level technical individual contributor on the Process Automation Control Systems Team. This individual will be responsible for complex tasks within the group and operate autonomously with minor guidance and direction. This individual will maintain, configure, administer, and troubleshoot the DeltaV, PI, and integrated process equipment, and other systems supporting the manufacturing area.The incumbent must be independent, goal-oriented, flexible, able to work efficiently across multiple projects, enthusiastic, and innovative, with a solid understanding of good manufacturing practices and technologies to support the needs of the Site/Network Manufacturing Teams.

Shift Available:

• Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

Responsibilities:

• Subject matter expert for the process automation systems and equipment.
• Lead complex technical efforts, such as large scope changes or difficult integrations.
• Initiate Process Automation System continuous improvement to improve operational robustness and efficiency.
• Work in collaboration with Validation, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing operations to keep the operations on site functional.
• Support key business processes such as audit, investigation and CAPA.
• Provide troubleshooting and guidance support to automation systems in support of Manufacturing as part of daily responsibilities and a 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Support Automation system life cycle to ensure the procedures and processes are in compliance with quality requirements

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to lead, train, foster a cohesive team, and coach, develop, delegate, and motivate others.
• Strong critical reasoning, decision-making, and strategic thinking skills with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and expectations in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams with moderate supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate honestly, transparently, and effectively with peers, department management, and cross-functionally, including advanced technical document writing.
• Knowledge of the relationship between manufacturing processes, ERP, PCS, and MES preferred.
• Working knowledge of Electronic Batch Records (EBR), Review by Exception (RBE), and MES Recipe object lifecycle management preferred.
• Understanding of cell culture, cryopreservation, purification, and aseptic processing or lab techniques preferred.
• Experience with manufacturing boundary systems preferred.
• Ability to travel 10%–15% of time.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Biological/Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related field, along with 5 years of relevant work experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• 4+ years’ experience with DeltaV, PI Historian, and OT Infrastructure.
• Expert understanding of S88, S95, and batch processing operations.
• Expert understanding engineering documentation such as P&IDs, network diagrams, process flow diagrams, and SOPs.
• Expert understanding of Validation Lifecycle Management, including the planning, creation, and execution of IQ’s, OQ’s, and PQ’s.
• Experience with QMS systems (Veeva, or similar) and GMP Quality Processes (Deviation Management, Change Controls, etc.) required.
• Experience with IT Ticketing Systems (ServiceNow or similar).
• Excellent communication skills including oral, written, and formal presentations. Ability to clearly communicate technical information to a variety of audiences.
• Exercise sound judgment in making decisions and recommendations within generally defined practices and policies and notify senior management when necessary.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full-time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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