Automation Engineer – Pharma Process Controls & Foundry

BioSpace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 66,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, invites skilled engineers to join our Medicines Foundry initiative to advance manufacturing and drug development. The role focuses on maintaining and validating site control systems, with heavy emphasis on GMP practices, process automation, and data integrity across DeltaV, PLCs, and MES environments.

You will design, develop, and review control system specifications, participate in design reviews, and collaborate with operations to ensure reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; automation exposure preferred.
• U.S. work authorization required; Lilly does not sponsor visas.
• Experience with PLCs/SCADA/DCS or programming (Python, C#) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide site operation runtime support and improve control system reliability in GMP environment.
• Participate in design reviews and site control system reviews; support FATs and validation.
• Tune control loops and VFDs; maintain understanding of P&ID drawings and control protocols.
• Develop and review functional requirements, design specifications and test specifications.
• Provide on-call support; provide status updates to Project Management and leadership.
• Support electronic systems (plant historians) used to capture process data.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Planning & organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

DeltaV

Rockwell PLCs

FactoryTalk View

SCADA

DCS

MES

Syncade

Job description

Lilly, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, invites skilled engineers to join our Medicines Foundry initiative to advance manufacturing and drug development. The role focuses on maintaining and validating site control systems, with heavy emphasis on GMP practices, process automation, and data integrity across DeltaV, PLCs, and MES environments.

You will design, develop, and review control system specifications, participate in design reviews, and collaborate with operations to ensure reliable