Automation Area Lead Engineer

TechDigital Group; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider in the United States is seeking an Automation Engineer to support automation projects within the pharmaceutical industry. Ideal candidates will have deep expertise in DeltaV design and lead cross-functional teams. This role includes ensuring alignment across teams, managing client relationships, and championing new technologies to enhance automation efficiency.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise/hands-on experience in DeltaV design and implementation.
• Experience in automation for API/bulk manufacturing environments.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional automation teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for the technical scope of automation projects.
• Act as an automation representative in leadership meetings.
• Serve as the point of contact for client stakeholders regarding project scope.
• Collaborate with technical offices to align with program standards.
• Lead control strategy design and software component definitions.
• Develop software testing strategies and maintain compliance.

Skills

DeltaV design expertise

Automation in pharmaceutical industry

Cross-functional team leadership

Job description

Top 3 must have's:

• Deep expertise/hands‑on experience in DeltaV design, implementation and testing experience.
• Automation experience in the pharmaceutical/life science industry, with a preference for API/bulk manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading cross‑functional automation teams.

Job description:

• Provide support or ownership of the technical scope for their assigned area of the automation project.
• Act as an automation representative in cross-functional program leadership meetings, ensuring alignment between automation, process engineering, digital/MES, and quality teams.
• Serve as the key point of contact for client stakeholders and senior leadership regarding automation scope, progress, and risk mitigation of their assigned area.
• Collaborate with Program technical offices to ensure the automation solution is aligned with the overall program automation philosophy and standards.
• Provide technical support to the team working on their area of the project for the respective area/node and ensure that applicable standards are followed.
• Ensure consistency of the automation deliverables (requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes, etc.).
• Participate in P&ID and lead control strategy design.
• Lead in defining the software components that need to be created or modified.
• Communicate progress, issues, and needs to automation project manager for the entire workstream/all areas of the project.
• Lead input, review, and approval of functional requirements and specifications.
• Lead design of Parameter and Recipe Specification philosophy.
• Responding to system integrator technical queries.
• Lead and collaborate on the development of software testing strategies.
• Identification of any remediation effort required on process control software.
• Identify and analyze risks of technical nature particular to the area and planning responses.
• Maintain compliance with training requirements.
• Provide training and support to junior engineers and other team members.
• Champion the adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that improve automation efficiency, reliability, and maintainability.