Manufacturing Systems Engineer (DeltaV)

About the role

Amgen is seeking an Automation Engineer, internally called a Manufacturing Systems Engineer, for its state-of-the-art Rhode Island facility. The role reports to the Mfg Systems Engineering Manager and supports complex process automation initiatives requiring analytical problem solving, project management, lifecycle management and Operational Excellence. It also provides project leadership and daily operational support to the Automation Engineering team.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support to commercial manufacturing for process control, automation infrastructure and process systems
• Work with manufacturing, process engineering, utility operations, maintenance, quality assurance and validation on a diverse portfolio of projects
• Lead and support root cause analysis, incident investigations and troubleshooting of electrical, instrumentation and control systems, mainly DeltaV
• Support new product and new technology introductions through engineering assessments, automation configuration changes and engineering runs
• Design new approaches to complex problems using adapted automation principles
• Develop, organize, analyze and present results for operational issues and small engineering projects
• Support capital project design review, commissioning and qualification
• Apply automation engineering principles to the design, specification, construction, startup and validation of process and GMP utilities equipment
• Provide 24x7 on-call support of automation systems on a rotational basis

Required profile

• Basic: high school diploma / GED and 8 years of automation or engineering experience, or an associate's degree and 6 years, or a bachelor's degree and 2 years, or a master's degree
• Preferred: bachelor's degree in a technical field, 3+ years in process automation engineering in a manufacturing support environment with at least 1 year in pharmaceutical or biotechnology, and 3+ years with Emerson DeltaV DCS systems

Required skills

• Emerson DeltaV DCS systems
• Batch control systems, software development life cycle, S88, 21 CFR Part 11, validation and GAMP
• Control system automation: design, installation, programming and validation of automated processes
• Mammalian cell culture, protein purification, clean utilities, CIP, SIP, production services and non-GMP utilities preferred
• Tech transfer, process design, commissioning, validation and change control preferred

What we offer

• Annual salary range of $105,362.60 to $142,549.40, depending on skills, experience and qualifications
• Health, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and a retirement savings plan with company contributions
• Discretionary annual bonus or sales-based incentive plan, stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans and flexible work models, including remote and hybrid options where possible