OT Engineer

** Work with us
** Our team are passionate in the pursuit of excellence and in pushing the boundaries of cancer therapy and Autoimmune disease to deliver life-changing treatments to patients.

Whilst working at Autolus you will enjoy a flexible, diverse and dynamic working environment which actively promotes creativity, leadership and teamwork – together we are ONE Autolus.
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* Job Description:

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* Job Title:

Operational Technology (OT) Engineer

Reports to:

Associate Director, OT Department: IT Operations

Hours:

Sunday - Wednesday, 06:00-15:45/ 08:00- 17:45/ 12:15-22:00

Location:

Stevenage, UK#
** About Autolus
** Autolus is a biopharmaceutical company, advancing innovative therapies at both clinical and commercial stages of development, focused on next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies, the company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled, and highly active T cell therapies designed to better recognize cancer cells, break down their defence mechanisms, and eliminate these cells.

Autolus has a pipeline of product candidates in development for the treatment of haematological malignancies, solid tumours, and autoimmune diseases.
** Why
* * Our team is passionate in the pursuit of excellence and in pushing the boundaries of cancer therapy to deliver life-changing treatments to patients. Whilst working at Autolus you will enjoy a flexible, diverse, and dynamic working environment which actively promotes creativity, leadership and teamwork. In addition to this Autolus is proud to offer a competitive salary, performance related bonus as well as private medical insurance, life assurance, pension and access to an employee share scheme.

Autolus promotes flexible working.
** Our Promise**# Autolus is developing complex, breakthrough therapies for a globally diverse market and equally recognises that diversity amongst our people is critical to our mission. As we draw on our differences, what we’ve experienced, and how we work, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees#
** Role Summary
** As an OT Engineer, you have responsibility for the support of the OT technology which in-turn supports the critical operations of the business. This includes but is not limited to, process control and monitoring equipment, laboratory software, laboratory instrumentation and laboratory and plant infrastructure. You must be able to forge an open working relationship with system owners and key members of the Manufacturing, QC team and IT promoting proactive, two-way communication in order to implement best-practice and integration with the IT Infrastructure.

You will be responsible for ensuring OT issues are responded to and resolved in a timely manner.

Additionally, you will need to be aware of current and emerging technologies which could benefit/add value to Manufacturing and promote these opportunities internally.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Support implementation of OT hardware, software, and connectivity to supporting infrastructure services
* Perform technical operational support work and systems administration for operational technology systems
* Guide on OT system design ensuring user requirements are understood and catered for.
* Monitor, operate and enhance complex OT infrastructure platforms and OT equipment.
* Provide consultation with regards to software/systems implementation and validation including work with the project team to ensure smooth service transition into operations.
* Act as a central coordination point and bridge between operations, QC, IT, third party suppliers and Engineering to resolve complex problems, including problem tracking, analysis, resolution and escalation.
* Strive to provide the best workable solution using the software/systems and systems available in alignment with the sites digital strategy.
* Provide hands-on operational support (technology, out-of-the-box configurations, process and content) for installed solutions.
* Contribute to GxP business and technical requirements, use cases, process flow document, test plans and scripts,…