Senior Principal Engineer - Automation Engineering – Process, Lab & Enterprise Systems Integration-Lilly Medicine Foundry

Responsibilities:
- Provide automation support for one or more operating areas and/or capital projects.
- Ensure reliable and compliant control applications/systems are used in Foundry manufacturing; mentor employees.
- Serve as technical expert to influence and implement process control technical agenda, business priorities, and compliance objectives.
- Support project delivery and startup (2025–2029): develop/implement systems and business processes for GMP operations and build site culture.
- Admin/configure DeltaV- and Rockwell-controlled process PLC equipment for Lab/Admin and support analytical systems integration, including recipe setup/maintenance.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:
- Mentor process control team (design, controls philosophy, implementation, commissioning).
- Coordinate and implement process control work.
- Develop and implement the Automation Engineering Project Plan.

Operational Excellence:
- Lead/oversee Site Area leads and System Integrator (functional requirements, design specs, DCS software, test specs).
- Lead/participate in design reviews; attend FATs.
- Own site-wide analytical/Lab equipment administration strategy (access, data management/integration to PI/DCS, backup/restore, configuration standards; supervise third-party execution).
- Partner on Empower, LIMS (LabVantage), MES, and ELN integration touchpoints; provide design input.
- Lead analytical systems support engineers and team of automation engineers for commissioning.
- Produce status updates; create functional requirements and process control strategies.
- Perform DCS software design/coding/configuration/testing; control loop design/tuning/troubleshooting.
- Implement/support plant historian systems; maintain validated state via validation strategies and documentation.
- Support capital projects/new product introductions; promote automation for productivity, efficiency, and compliance.

Organizational Capability:
- Set/reinforce standards for rigor in automation work products (with automation/compliance consultants).
- Demonstrated initiative, planning, prioritization, problem-solving, continuous improvement, influence, and written/verbal communication.
- Knowledge of GMP, regulatory requirements, computer system validation.

Basic Requirements:
- Minimum B.S. in Engineering or Science; 8+ years Biopharma engineering/operations/manufacturing; automation engineering experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing with lab/analytical systems and systems integration.
- Experience commissioning/qualifying/supporting analytical and automation-controlled equipment (e.g., cell counters, UHPLC/chromatography, mass spectrometers, single-use bioreactors, RX-10 control systems, Rockwell PLC autoclaves/parts washers).
- Authorized to work in the United States full-time; no visa sponsorship.

Additional Preferences:
- Experience designing/developing/commissioning/qualifying greenfield automated sites using SCADA, DCS, MES, LIMS, and site historian systems (DeltaV, Rockwell, Syncade, LabVantage, OSI PI).
- Experience facilitating and driving organizational-level decision-making.