Engineer Process Automation ( Biopharma only)

Sartorius; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sartorius Bengaluru seeks a Process Automation Engineer to develop and support software-enabled products for pharma and biotech customers. You will gather requirements, prototype, design, develop, test, document, and package solutions while aligning with product management to shape the roadmap.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on software product experience, strong skills in Siemens PLC, TIA Portal, WinCC, VB scripting, C#/C++, XML, and a collaborative, results-driven mindset.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in Electronics and Communications or Instrumentation Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in developing commercial software products.
• Proficiency in Siemens PLC, TIA Portal V16+, WinCC V7.5+, VB scripting, C#, C/C++, XML.
• Strong OO design and software development skills with team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and define requirements for new software functionality with input from product managers and internal teams.
• Engineer and develop sustainable software systems through prototyping and design reviews.
• Write clear, maintainable code optimized for performance and memory usage.
• Create design, functional, and QA test documentation.
• Implement automated unit tests and nightly regression tests.
• Validate software and hardware system operation.
• Provide support to technical teams as needed.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

C/C++

C#

VB scripting

XML

Team collaboration

Education

Electronics & Instrumentation Eng.

Tools

Siemens PLC

TIA Portal

WinCC

VB scripting

SQL

XML

Job description

The Process Automation Engineer will develop and support cutting edge software enabled products for customers in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. The holder of this position will gather requirements, prototype, design, develop, build, unit-test, document, including test and functional documentation, and package. The goal is to work closely with product management to define and shape the products.

Main Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Gather, analyze and define requirements for new complex software functionality with input from product managers, customer feedback, and internal product Development teams
• Engineer and develop sustainable software systems through the use of prototyping, clear software design, and participating in design reviews
• Write clear, easy to maintain, high quality code that is optimized for performance and memory usage
• Write comprehensive design, functional, and quality assurance test documentation
• Implement automated testing at the unit and nightly regression framework levels
• Validate correct software and hardware system operation
• Provide assistance to technical support team and product Development teams as needed

Qualification & Skills:

• Academic degree in Electronics and Communication /Instrumentation Engineering or a comparable engineering Filed
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in developing commercial software products
• Excellent development skills in Siemens PLC, TIA portal V16 or above, WinCC V7.5 or above, with proven high-level proficiency in VB scripting, C#, C/C++, XML
• Strong, demonstrable, object-oriented and software development skills and ability to work constructively in a team environment
• Good experience with modern software engineering processes and methodologies; experience in the various stages of the software engineering lifecycle
• Knowledge of one or more of the following desired: Windows Forms, WCF, WPF, SQL and database programming, hardware control/interfaces (serial, network, USB), graphical user interface development, memory and performance optimization, data analysis and visualization, graphing tools, and parallel programming
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Must have strong personal initiative and be results oriented