Senior Automation Engineer - GMP Systems & Data Integrity

Merck & Co.; Elmora (NJ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Benefits

Paid Holidays & Vacation

Job summary

Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, is seeking an Automation Engineer to maintain validated automation systems for sterile clinical manufacturing.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage change control, investigations, and CAPAs, and collaborate with IT and QA to ensure data integrity and cybersecurity in GMP operations. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/IT with 2+ years of automation experience, strong communication and project management skills, and the ability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, IT or related field; 2+ years automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain automation systems per cGMP, safety, data integrity and lifecycle practices.
• Lead automation changes, investigations and CAPAs; support audits and inspections.
• Develop and execute automation change control including risk and impact assessments.
• Collaborate with IT, manufacturing and QA to ensure compliant automation operations.

Skills

Automation Engineering

Project Management

Data Integrity

Cybersecurity

cGMP Compliance

Troubleshooting

Industrial Networking

Technical Writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/IT

Tools

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Siemens PLCs

SCADA (iFix, WinCC OA, Ignition)

OPC

Job description

Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, is seeking an Automation Engineer to maintain validated automation systems for sterile clinical manufacturing.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage change control, investigations, and CAPAs, and collaborate with IT and QA to ensure data integrity and cybersecurity in GMP operations. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/IT with 2+ years of automation experience, strong communication and project management skills, and the ability