Automation Engineer

Sanofi; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi is seeking an Automation Engineer for its Framingham, MA site to maintain and enhance digital automation systems supporting Biotech manufacturing. The role focuses on DeltaV, SCADA/PLC environments, and system validation in a cGMP setting.

You will troubleshoot, implement small projects, and collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering to minimize downtime and improve process reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related technological field with at least 6 months hands-on experience in process automation.
• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA).

Responsibilities

• Provide automation expertise for small projects, including continuous improvement and retrofit.
• Troubleshoot and support delivery of future enhancements for automation related systems.
• Maintain and support automation systems to ensure availability across facilities.
• Escalate issues to senior management and coordinate cross-functional support.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Quality to meet production schedules.
• Develop robust automation solutions and contribute to automation standards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or related field

Tools

DeltaV

Ignition

PI / Historian

Rockwell RSLogix/FactoryTalk

Honeywell

Validation

Job description

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

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.

Continuous Improvement

• 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

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.

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

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.