Senior Automation Engineer II

Overview

Senior Automation Engineer II role at Kindeva Drug Delivery

Impact

As an Automation Engineer, you will play a vital role in designing, implementing, and maintaining automated systems to support pharmaceutical manufacturing in a cGMP environment. Your expertise will drive efficiency, improve equipment performance, and enhance product reliability. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional collaboration to ensure automation systems meet operational needs and regulatory standards. Your work will support both innovation and day-to-day performance, ensuring continued compliance, safety, and productivity in a fast-paced, high-impact setting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement automated systems, including software, hardware, and processes.
• Analyze existing systems, identify areas for automation, and create solutions that meet specific needs.
• Configure and / or manage site-level automation systems (e.g., serialization, data historian, reporting, industrial networking).
• Lead the design and procurement of new process and utility equipment and lead installation, start-up, commissioning or qualification activities, including authoring and / or reviewing IQ / OQ / PQ protocols, test execution, and authoring summary reports.
• Support the development of site automation standardization and / or technology master plans.
• Write scripts and code to automate tasks, processes, and workflows using various programming languages.
• Test and optimize automated systems to ensure they function correctly and efficiently.
• Identify and resolve issues and continually improve system performance.
• Implement improvements to existing equipment used to manufacture and package multiple types of nasal spray drug products.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with automated systems, ensuring they operate smoothly.
• Diagnose problems, implement fixes, and perform maintenance tasks.
• Support maintenance activities, including review and approval of preventative maintenance tasks, calibration tolerances and intervals, drawing updates, execution of automation-related PMs, and support of out-of-tolerance investigations related to instrument calibrations.
• Collaborate with other engineers, technicians, and stakeholders to develop and implement automation solutions.
• Effectively communicate technical information and ensure project success.
• Provide support to Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, and Validation for deviation investigations, change controls, and CAPAs through participation on cross-functional teams.
• Participate in plant engineering, maintenance, and calibration activities as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

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