Automation Engineer 2, MES (Syncade)

Position Overview

The Automation Engineer 2 provides support to the Drug Substance Manufacturing (DSM) facility. This includes implementation of changes to the Automation systems, updating design documents, executing testing, troubleshooting events, and being a part of Automation on-call support. Additionally, this role participates in designing and maintain the Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we'll open North America's largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof.

We're looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we're proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive-what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let's transform healthcare together!

Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh's thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of "giving our world more smiles." Visit:

Job Description

What You'll Do

• Performs Automation activities, such as code configuration, document development, and test execution within several process areas
• Delivers accurate and on-time Automation work
• Creates standard code utilizing medium complexity control strategies
• Participates in designing and maintaining the global MES platform to accommodate for new capabilities
• Assesses requirements and needs identified during Technology Transfers (TT) and participates in the implementation
• Ensures good manufacturing practice (GMP) integrity of MES is maintained
• Collaborates with senior Engineers to develop (generate, review, maintain) various specification documents (e.g., user requirements specification (URS), functional specification (FS), design qualification (DQ), etc.)
• Collaborates with senior Engineers to develop (generate, review, maintain) various test protocols and functional testing documents (e.g., installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), etc.)
• Serves as on-call support for Automation inquiries and troubleshooting
• Collaborates with other departments, such as Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Validation
• Other duties, as assigned

Knowledge and Skills

• Effective communication, both written and oral
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively present information to others
• Ability to interpret and demonstrate knowledge of an Automation subject area to internal partners
• Proficiency in the fundamental technologies used within DeltaV MES (Syncade), such as structed query language (SQL) Stored Procedures and xPath Matching
• Knowledge of modeling Batch Production Record (BPR) and electronic Batch Record (eBR) recipe components in MES

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or other relevant field
• 2 years of Automation, Instrumentation & Controls, or other relevant technical experience

Preferred Requirements

• 3+ years of DeltaV MES (Syncade) experience (including exposure to behavior code, equipment tracking (ET) and event monitor (EM) configuration, basic DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) configuration concepts, SC consumer execution group configuration)
• Previous experience within a pharmaceutical or GMP environment

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Will work in environment which may necessitate respiratory protection X No Yes
May work in Mechanical/Production spaces that may require hearing protection and enrollment in a hearing conservation program. X No Yes
Will work in environment operating a motor vehicle or Powered Industrial Truck. X No Yes
Ability to discern audible cues. No X Yes
Ability to inspect or perform a task with 20/20 corrected vision, visual acuity, including distinguishing color. X No Yes

Ability to ascend or descend ladders, scaffolding, ramps, etc. X No Yes
Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time. No X Yes 30 minutes
Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time. No X Yes 240 minutes
Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include writs, hands and/or fingers. No X Yes
Ability to operate machinery and/or power tools. X No Yes
Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to X pounds. No X Yes If yes, X 10 lbs. 33 lbs.
Ability to bend, push or pull, reach to retrieve materials from 18" to 60" in height, and use twisting motions. X No Yes

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

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