Job Description Summary
What if your engineering expertise could directly shape how life‑saving medicines are manufactured, every single day? As a Senior Process Engineer at Novartis, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the performance, safety, and lifecycle of critical manufacturing equipment that delivers life‑changing therapies to patients. Partnering closely with operations, automation, and quality teams, you will lead improvements, support new technologies, and ensure our processes operate at the highest standards of excellence. This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise where it truly matters—at the intersection of innovation, compliance, and patient impact.#LI-Onsite
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Relocation Support: Yes
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain accurate master instrument and equipment inventories across the manufacturing facility.
- Provide hands‑on support for installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of manufacturing assets.
- Lead and manage technical and engineering changes through the full change control lifecycle.
- Create, review, and approve engineering documentation, including procedures, plans, drawings, and specifications.
- Ensure equipment is designed, commissioned, and qualified in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.
- Support investigations, deviations, and corrective actions from an engineering and maintenance perspective.
- Collaborate with operations and manufacturing sciences on new product introductions and facility fit evaluations.
The salary for this position is expected to range between $114,100 and $211,900 per year.
The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.
Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- Minimum five years of engineering, maintenance, automation, or technical support experience in regulated industries.
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects end‑to‑end, applying sound judgment to resolve complex technical challenges.
- Strong knowledge of equipment troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and automated control systems.
- Proven experience working in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice and regulatory requirements.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and within cross‑functional teams.
EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodations
The Novartis Group of Companies are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or call +1(877)395-2339 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Salary Range
$114,100.00 - $211,900.00
Skills Desired
Business Continuity, Cost Management, Data Analytics and Digital, Decision Making, Engineering Operations Management, Engineering Technical Expertise, GDP Knowledge, gmp knowledge, HSE Knowledge, Manufacturing Process (Production), Operational Excellence, Problem Solving, Project Management, Quality Compliance, Resilience and Risk Management, Resource Planning and Forecasting, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Vendor ManagementTop Skills
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
