Senior Process Engineer

Job Description Summary

What if your engineering expertise could directly shape how lifesaving medicines are manufactured, every single day? As a Senior Process Engineer at Novartis, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the performance, safety, and lifecycle of critical manufacturing equipment that delivers life‑changing therapies to patients. Partnering closely with operations, automation, and quality teams, you will lead improvements, support new technologies, and ensure our processes operate at the highest standards of excellence.

This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise where it truly matters – at the intersection of innovation, compliance, and patient impact.

Location: Carlsbad, CA
Relocation Support: Yes

• Maintain accurate master instrument and equipment inventories across the manufacturing facility.
• Provide hands‑on support for installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of manufacturing assets.
• Lead and manage technical and engineering changes through the full change control lifecycle.
• Create, review, and approve engineering documentation, including procedures, plans, drawings, and specifications.
• Ensure equipment is designed, commissioned, and qualified in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.
• Support investigations, deviations, and corrective actions from an engineering and maintenance perspective.
• Collaborate with operations and manufacturing sciences on new product introductions and facility fit evaluations.

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Minimum five years of engineering, maintenance, automation, or technical support experience in regulated industries.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects end‑to‑end, applying sound judgment to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong knowledge of equipment troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and automated control systems.
• Proven experience working in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice and regulatory requirements.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and within cross‑functional teams.

$114,100 – $211,900 per year.

Salary is determined based on relevant skills and experience and will be reviewed periodically. Eligible employees receive a performance‑based cash incentive and, depending on the level, may be considered for annual equity awards. The comprehensive benefits package includes health, life and disability coverage, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and an extensive time‑off policy (vacation, personal days, holidays, and other leaves).

The Novartis Group of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

The Novartis Group of Companies is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process or to perform essential functions of the position, please email reasonab or call +1(877)395‑2339 and include the job requisition number in your message.

Business Continuity, Cost Management, Data Analytics and Digital, Decision Making, Engineering Operations Management, Engineering Technical Expertise, GDP Knowledge, GMP Knowledge, HSE Knowledge, Manufacturing Process (Production), Operational Excellence, Problem Solving, Project Management, Quality Compliance, Resilience and Risk Management, Resource Planning and Forecasting, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management