Reliability Engineer - Engineering Technology Center

Eli Lilly and Company; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company in Hyderabad is seeking a senior Reliability Engineer to drive root-cause failure analysis and establish robust maintenance and monitoring practices across pharma manufacturing operations.

The role requires deep technical knowledge of mechanical systems, vibration analysis, thermography, and predictive maintenance, with at least 10 years in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Strong communication and leadership are essential for cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) in pharma manufacturing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Root Cause Analysis tools and applications.
• Proven ability to solve complex problems using established methodologies.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment and uptime optimization.
• Knowledge of vibration monitoring and analysis technologies.
• Knowledge of thermography, motor current and ultrasonic technologies.
• Minimum of 10 years manufacturing and/or engineering in support of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Understanding of the design processes employed by engineering and architectural firms.
• Strong business acumen and life cycle cost awareness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management experience leading internal/external groups.
• Flexible adapting to changes in engineering tech center roles.
• Ability to work with diverse perspectives and resolve issues with minimal direction.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes failures to drive root cause and countermeasures.
• Establishes best practices to minimize failures in pharmaceutical equipment.
• Sets engineering requirements for condition monitoring tech such as vibration, temperature, etc.
• Owns and develops maintenance execution plans and work instructions.
• Reviews contractor designs and submittals against Lilly standards.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Problem solving

Project management

Effective communication

Team leadership

Education

BS in Engineering (Mechanical)

Tools

Vibration analysis

Thermography

Ultrasonic testing

Motor current analysis

Job description

Job Description:

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life‑changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work - but it's work worth doing. If you're driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Reliability Engineer

About Lilly

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life‑changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work - but it's work worth doing. If you're driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Manufacturing & Quality Technical Hub, Hyderabad

Lilly's Hyderabad hub is a first-of-its-kind technical center built to lead the manufacturing and quality science agenda for Lilly's global supply network, and the work done here reaches patients in more than 110 countries.

This hub oversees contract manufacturing of starting materials and intermediates for API manufacturing in India, managing the full scientific agenda for manufacturing and quality. We're building a cutting‑edge scientific organization and looking for top talent in process engineering, chemistry, analytical and data sciences to be part of it.

The science you develop here doesn't stay here. It moves through Lilly's global supply network and reaches patients across more than 110 countries who are counting on it.

The ETC is a technical resource for training, standards, project implementation, and the center of engineering excellence for the corporation, providing deeply technical resources to solve the most intractable technical problems in manufacturing. ETC is expanding into the India Technical Hub to add roles that can support work globally.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Analyzes failures (equipment, process, system) to drive to root cause and appropriate countermeasures
• Establishes key best practices and techniques to minimize failures for mechanical / electrical equipment and systems in a pharmaceutical environment
• Establishes the Engineering Requirements for the use and application of key condition monitoring techniques such as vibration, temperature, thermography, motor current, and ultra sonic technologies
• Active owner and developer of maintenance execution plans and work instructions
• Review engineering and design work by contractors and the submittals from suppliers and contractors against the engineering requirements including Lilly Global Quality Standards, Global Engineering Standards, and Engineering Master Specifications.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Engineering (Mechanical strongly preferred) typically found in pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Demonstrated knowledge of Root Cause Analysis tools and applications
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems, using established methodologies.
• Knowledge of rotating equipment and key attributes required for maximum uptime
• Knowledge of technologies used in the vibration monitoring and analysis field.
• Knowledge of thermography, motor current and ultrasonic technologies
• Minimum of 10 years manufacturing and/or engineering in support of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Demonstrated understanding of the design processes employed by engineering and architectural firms.
• Must possess strong business acumen, with an awareness of the life cycle cost evaluation processes as they apply to equipment and systems.
• Must have demonstrated good written and verbal communications skills.
• Must have project management experience - the ability to lead groups including internal and external resources.
• Proven flexibility in adapting and adjusting to changes in working practices and a willingness to take on different roles as required by the needs of the Engineering Tech Center.
• Ability to work with diverse perspectives and to identity and resolve issues with minimal direction.

At Lilly, caring is not only what we do for patients. It is how we work. We believe the people who dedicate themselves to making medicines better deserve an environment that makes their lives better too, one where they are supported, respected, and given the space to do their best work. This is not just a policy. It is who we are.

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