Senior Manufacturing Automation Engineer
Merck
June 25, 2026
Remote friendly (West Point, PA)
United States
Operations
Senior Manufacturing Automation Engineer (Vaccine Manufacturing)
Responsibilities:
- Support GMPs, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Perform system upgrades, troubleshooting, trend identification, process monitoring, system administration, documentation updates, data queries, operator training, and participate in deviation investigations.
- Ensure automation documents, preventive maintenance, periodic reviews, and SOPs are inspection-ready.
- Support process automation questions during audits/inspections.
- Evaluate automation/IT systems and develop strategies to optimize quality and stability through expansion, replacement, or upgrades.
- Ensure efficient operation of automated processing and information technology systems.
- Lead installation and qualification of new equipment.
- Develop solutions for automation problems.
- Investigate automation anomalies to prevent recurrence, including on-the-floor support.
- Lead development of technical requirements (needs, benefits, risks) and control strategies.
- Analyze business requirements and identify internal/external solutions.
- Communicate daily via the tier process with business, technical, and quality representatives.
- Provide rotational on-call off-site/evening phone or on-site support.
- Apply lean manufacturing principles to translate business logic into detailed system requirements.
- Schedule: Required to start M–F every day on site for 6 months, then 3 days on site and 2 days off site.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, or related field.
- 6+ years process automation experience.
- Experience with DCS (DeltaV), PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens), SCADA, OSI PI, Batch Reporting (Informetric InfoBatch).
Preferred:
- Experience with Computer System Validation.
Skills (required): Automation architecture/design, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, real-time programming, software development, issue management, data management/query, process automation, quality management, PLC logic, automation systems, distributed control system (DCS), deltaV batch, intelligent automation, auditing, lean product development.
Apply: Current employees/contingent workers via Workday Jobs Hub; external via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en. Include application deadline per posting. Requisition ID: R404094.
Responsibilities:
- Support GMPs, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Perform system upgrades, troubleshooting, trend identification, process monitoring, system administration, documentation updates, data queries, operator training, and participate in deviation investigations.
- Ensure automation documents, preventive maintenance, periodic reviews, and SOPs are inspection-ready.
- Support process automation questions during audits/inspections.
- Evaluate automation/IT systems and develop strategies to optimize quality and stability through expansion, replacement, or upgrades.
- Ensure efficient operation of automated processing and information technology systems.
- Lead installation and qualification of new equipment.
- Develop solutions for automation problems.
- Investigate automation anomalies to prevent recurrence, including on-the-floor support.
- Lead development of technical requirements (needs, benefits, risks) and control strategies.
- Analyze business requirements and identify internal/external solutions.
- Communicate daily via the tier process with business, technical, and quality representatives.
- Provide rotational on-call off-site/evening phone or on-site support.
- Apply lean manufacturing principles to translate business logic into detailed system requirements.
- Schedule: Required to start M–F every day on site for 6 months, then 3 days on site and 2 days off site.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, IT, or related field.
- 6+ years process automation experience.
- Experience with DCS (DeltaV), PLCs (Allen Bradley, Siemens), SCADA, OSI PI, Batch Reporting (Informetric InfoBatch).
Preferred:
- Experience with Computer System Validation.
Skills (required): Automation architecture/design, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, real-time programming, software development, issue management, data management/query, process automation, quality management, PLC logic, automation systems, distributed control system (DCS), deltaV batch, intelligent automation, auditing, lean product development.
Apply: Current employees/contingent workers via Workday Jobs Hub; external via https://jobs.merck.com/us/en. Include application deadline per posting. Requisition ID: R404094.