Sterile Clinical Automation Engineer

Merck; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Rahway, NJ seeks a Specialist, Automation Engineering to support sterile clinical manufacturing and capital projects. The role focuses on end-to-end automation for formulation, filling, lyophilization, and related OT/IT systems, ensuring cGMP compliance and data integrity in a start-up facility.

The position may require off-shift or extended hours to support manufacturing operations, and reports to the automation lead within PSCS Pharm Ops Engineering on site.

Qualifications

• Experience in automation engineering within a validated pharmaceutical environment.
• Familiarity with cGMP, data integrity and lifecycle management practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot automation systems on the floor and support OT/IT platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain automation systems in a validated, compliant state per cGMP, Safety, data integrity, cybersecurity, and lifecycle practices.
• Provide end-to-end operations support for sterile clinical manufacturing (formulation and filling/lyophilization), including on-floor troubleshooting and performance improvements.
• Implement and sustain platform automation.

Skills

Automation engineering

Process automation

Data integrity

Cybersecurity

Root cause analysis

Job description

Merck in Rahway, NJ seeks a Specialist, Automation Engineering to support sterile clinical manufacturing and capital projects. The role focuses on end-to-end automation for formulation, filling, lyophilization, and related OT/IT systems, ensuring cGMP compliance and data integrity in a start-up facility.

The position may require off-shift or extended hours to support manufacturing operations, and reports to the automation lead within PSCS Pharm Ops Engineering on site.