Senior Automation Engineer
Discover International
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Job summary
Discover International is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to support automation across Upstream and Downstream Drug Substance manufacturing at a highly automated biopharmaceutical site in Berlin. You will lead design, commissioning, qualification and lifecycle support for GMP production systems and utilities.
Ideal candidates bring hands-on DeltaV and PLC/SCADA experience, strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, and fluency in English (German is a plus).
Qualifications
- Strong automation experience within pharma, biotech, biologics, CDMO or GMP manufacturing.
- Experience supporting Upstream and Downstream Drug Substance manufacturing.
- Strong hands-on experience with Emerson DeltaV, plus Siemens PLC/SCADA systems.
- Good understanding of automated bioprocessing, batch control and GMP process automation.
- Practical knowledge of fed-batch biologics manufacturing.
- Experience with commissioning, qualification, validation and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of GMP documentation, data integrity, change control, deviations and CAPAs.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Fluent English required; German is advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Support automation across USP and DSP manufacturing areas.
- Coordinate with automation vendors and system integrators.
- Support design, configuration, commissioning, qualification and handover activities.
- Provide automation support for upstream equipment and downstream systems.
- Support commissioning and qualification of WFI, clean utilities and EMS/SCADA systems.
- Support FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ.
- Ensure systems comply with cGMP, validation, data integrity and alarm management requirements.
- Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation, IT/OT and Process Development.
- Support change control, deviations, CAPAs and automation lifecycle management.
- Support integration with AVEVA PI Historian, MES and wider manufacturing systems.
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Job description
We are supporting a highly automated biopharmaceutical manufacturing site looking for a Senior Automation Engineer to support automation across both Upstream and Downstream Drug Substance Manufacturing. The role covers automation design, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting and lifecycle support across GMP production systems, clean utilities and manufacturing platforms.
- Support automation across USP and DSP manufacturing areas.
- Coordinate with automation vendors and system integrators.
- Support design, configuration, commissioning, qualification and handover activities.
- Provide automation support for upstream equipment and downstream systems.
- Support commissioning and qualification of WFI, clean utilities and EMS/SCADA systems.
- Support FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ and PQ activities.
- Ensure systems comply with cGMP, validation, data integrity and alarm management requirements.
- Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Validation, IT/OT and Process Development.
- Support change control, deviations, CAPAs and automation lifecycle management.
- Support integration with AVEVA PI Historian, MES and wider manufacturing systems.
- Strong automation experience within pharma, biotech, biologics, CDMO or GMP manufacturing.
- Experience supporting Upstream and Downstream Drug Substance manufacturing.
- Strong hands‑on experience with Emerson DeltaV, plus Siemens PLC / SCADA systems.
- Good understanding of automated bioprocessing, batch control and GMP process automation.
- Practical knowledge of fed-batch biologics manufacturing.
- Experience with commissioning, qualification, validation and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of GMP documentation, data integrity, change control, deviations and CAPAs.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Fluent English required; German is advantageous.
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