Senior Automation Engineer - FDA-Regulated Manufacturing

Biopharma Careers; Bronx (ID); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Perrigo Bronx site is seeking an Automation Engineer to maintain, troubleshoot, and expand manufacturing automation systems including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and BMS. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Validation, and IT to improve reliability, data visibility, and compliance with FDA and cGMP requirements.

You will also lead automation projects, support capital planning, and drive digital transformation initiatives such as MES, electronic batch records, and OT cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Automation/Controls engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years in automation, controls, or manufacturing systems.
• Experience supervising or leading teams.
• Strong experience with Allen-Bradley/Rockwell PLCs, HMIs, networks, and automated systems.
• Experience in FDA-regulated or cGMP environments and data integrity.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation reliability and troubleshooting to reduce downtime.
• Oversee site automation standards, backups, and lifecycle management.
• Own manufacturing and packaging automation systems at the site.
• Coordinate automation projects with IT, QA, Validation, and Maintenance.
• Support capital planning and modernization roadmaps.
• Drive digital initiatives such as MES, eBR, OT cybersecurity, and data collection.

Skills

Automation engineering

Controls engineering

People management

Project management

Troubleshooting

FDA cGMP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLCs

HMIs

SCADA

OSI PI

MES

BMS

Job description

Perrigo Bronx site is seeking an Automation Engineer to maintain, troubleshoot, and expand manufacturing automation systems including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, and BMS. You will partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Validation, and IT to improve reliability, data visibility, and compliance with FDA and cGMP requirements.

You will also lead automation projects, support capital planning, and drive digital transformation initiatives such as MES, electronic batch records, and OT cybersecurity.