Automation Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Able to lift 40 lbs. without assistance, Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Fluctuating Temps hot/cold, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.), Standing for full shift

Job Description

Title:

Automation Engineer

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Division/Site Specific Information

As an Automation Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Allentown, PA, you will play a crucial role in driving IT/OT convergence, ensuring seamless integration of manufacturing equipment with network connectivity. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing computerized systems in Allentown and other Clinical Trials Division (CTD) sites. This position offers the opportunity to lead the integration of IT and OT systems, optimizing production processes, and implementing cutting-edge technologies to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Discover Impactful Work:

You will work with cross-functional teams to identify hardware, software, and network architecture needs, focusing on the convergence of IT and OT systems. Your responsibilities will include assisting with scaling automation initiatives, particularly for packaging equipment and related systems. You'll support system data collection, analysis, and visualization to guide process enhancements, and partner with Business Leads and IT-OT Automation COP to support project teams in developing and improving process automation with IT-supported applications.

As a technical mentor in automation, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support long-term automation strategies, participating in design reviews, project meetings, and technical discussions. You'll develop User Requirement Specifications (URS) for new equipment and systems, ensuring compatibility with established network connectivity frameworks. Additionally, you'll develop strategies for upgrading existing equipment to achieve network connectivity and support all phases of equipment qualification and process validation.

Your analytical skills and engineering expertise will be crucial in monitoring the performance of newly deployed systems, providing technical support to site-level engineers and technicians, and recommending improvements for efficiency and scalability. You'll stay updated with emerging automation technologies and propose improvements to keep Thermo Fisher Scientific at the forefront of IT/OT integration in manufacturing.

A Day in the Life:

* Lead the integration of IT and OT systems by identifying hardware, software, and network architecture.

* Assist with scaling automation initiatives including equipment selection and designing of automation architecture, particularly for packaging equipment and related systems

* Support system data collection, analysis, and visualization to guide process enhancements

* Partner with Business Leads and IT-OT Automation COP to support project teams in developing and improving process automation with IT-supported applications

* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to serve as a technical mentor in automation and support long-term automation strategies, participating in design reviews, project meetings, and technical discussions

* Develop User Requirement Specifications (URS) for new equipment and systems to ensure new equipment compatibility with the established network connectivity framework.

* Develop strategy for upgrading existing equipment to achieve network connectivity

* Support all phases of equipment qualification and process…