Automation Engineer

Sanofi; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi’s Framingham site seeks an Automation Engineer to deliver automation solutions for small projects, support the automation landscape, and ensure reliable systems across manufacturing facilities.

The role requires a process-automation background with exposure to regulated environments, SCADA/PLC systems, and cross-functional collaboration to meet production needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science and basic hands-on automation exposure.
• Experience in regulated environments (cGMP, OSHA, EPA) is preferred.
• Familiarity with SCADA/PLC systems and process automation tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide automation expertise for small projects including continuous improvement and retrofit.
• Maintain and support automation systems to ensure availability across facilities.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, and other teams to meet production schedules.

Skills

Process automation

cGMP experience

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Tools

DeltaV automation

Ignition

PI

RSLogix/FactoryTalk

Job description

Aug 27, 2026

$75,000 - $108,333/year

Job Title: Automation Engineer
Location: Framingham, MA

About The Job:

The MA Bio-Campus is home to Sanofi’s digital facility which won ISPE’s Facility of the Future and Facility of the Year 2020. As such, the Manufacturing Systems & Automation group in is responsible for executing Sanofi’s Digital Strategy to deliver innovative solutions. Focused on Digital 4.0, this group is involved in delivering digital solutions for large capital projects as well as continuous improvement and optimizing existing solutions. The group is responsible for design, implementation, support, and maintenance of digital systems aligned with site and company goals. group is responsible for maintaining stable, qualified, and highly available computing infrastructure and digital software applications. This encompasses work processes that originate with the identification of a new or revised digital systems, the design, installation, verification and validation of the system, the maintenance of the system in its commissioned/qualified/validated state and the retirement of the system at the end of its life.

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you'll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities may differ among employees with same job title and may change over time in accordance with business needs.

This position is responsible for providing automation expertise for small projects. These projects include continuous improvement and retrofit. This person will troubleshoot and support delivery of future enhancements for automation related systems.

The Automation Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and providing technical support, ensuring availability of the automation systems for multiple manufacturing facilities.

Additional Responsibilities include:

Ensuring timely issue escalation to senior management and cross-functional support teams.

Partnering with support teams i.e., Manufacturing, Quality, etc to ensure deliverables are completed to meet to production schedules.

Automation:

Provide technical solutions to a wide range of process automation related design challenges. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives

Responsible for ensuring process equipment automation are available to support operations schedule requirements

Managing small departmental projects and ensuring that the appropriate controls, approvals, and validation requirements are implemented

Integrate systems and data from a variety of skidded systems, analytical equipment, and process/building control systems

Developing robust solutions that have minimal downtime and ensure data integrity

Contribute to the development of automation standards

Training /Deviations /Compliance/Safety:

Complying with Sanofi requirements for training

Ensuring Inspection Readiness of assigned areas

Overseeing completion of investigations and deviations

Ensuring all assigned deviations and CAPA’s are closed in a timely manner

Ensuring that Automation documentation is compliant and inspection ready

Participating in inspections conducted by external regulators

Complying with requirements from Genzyme’s Safety Program including Health and Safety regulations and OSHA requirements.

Working collaboratively with inter‑department and cross‑functional teams to contribute to necessary changes in a timely and productive manner

Partnering with Manufacturing to troubleshoot and drive resolution of process issues and proactively driving projects to improve manufacturing process

Partnering with Operational Excellence to drive process improvements through Kaizens, Kanban, 5S and VSM

About You:

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science or related technological field with at least 6 months hands‑on experience in the process automation field preferably in life sciences

Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA)

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with DeltaV automation

Experience with multiple computerized systems (Ignition, Werum PAS-X, PI, etc.)

Experience with SCADA/PLC systems such as Rockwell Factory Talk/RSLogix, Honeywell

Understanding of network infrastructure

Experience with systems/network/validation, preferable in the chemical, pharmaceutical, foods, or other process industries is preferred

Electrical Engineer or Chemical Engineer

Experienced in establishment of safe practices in a cGMP environment.

Understanding of virtual environments, VMWare, Hyper‑V

Proficient working with computer programs/applications such as Windows, VBA, MS Word, Excel, Access, etc.

Strong organizational skills

Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently and be accountable

Proven technical and analytical skills to quickly resolve automation system issues

Special Working Conditions:

• Required manufacturing operations support on a rotating “on call” 24/7 basis

Requires working in an industrial manufacturing environment including gowning

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well‑crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.
• Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting‑edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply.
• Power industry‑leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI‑driven innovation – at speed and scale.
• Transform lives worldwide by delivering life‑changing treatments anywhere, anytime.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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North America Applicants Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers committed to a culturally inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

The salary range for this position is:

$75.000,00 - $108.333,33

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information canbe found here.

Sanofi is a global healthcare company dedicated to transforming medicine through innovative treatments and vaccines, aiming to improve lives and promote sustainability.

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