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Job Title: R&D Senior Automation Engineer

Location: Waltham, MA

About the job

As a Senior Automation Engineer within our Engineering, Automation, and Technology Support team, you’ll enhance the operations of the R&D sites located in Massachusetts by creating the data architectures of the future and developing the tools that enable the scientists to focus on the science. ¿Ready to get started?

Sanofi is looking for a highly motivated Senior Automation Engineer to join the R&D Automation team in Waltham, MA.  Reporting to the Automation Associate Director, this position is responsible for providing day to day and project-based automation support for both cGMP and non-GMP groups within the R&D organization located in Massachusetts.  Project work includes continuous improvement, retrofit, and capital investments to develop new technologies and optimize development and clinical manufacturing operations.

The Senior Automation Engineer will be responsible for using expertise to design innovative solutions. These solutions span the areas of automation systems, data historians, IoT devices, and AI with a key focus on pushing new boundaries of Digital 4.0.  The role will be responsible for maintaining and providing technical support, ensuring availability of the automation systems for multiple R&D facilities, across several drug modalities.

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead project work that includes continuous improvement, retrofit, and capital investments to develop new technologies and optimize development and clinical manufacturing operations

• Design, architect, troubleshoot, and deliver future enhancements for automation related systems.

• Provide technical support and maintenance of the automation systems for multiple R&D facilities within the Framingham campus and Waltham locations.

• Provide oversight to contractors for staff augmentation and/or project roles as needed.

• Provide technical solutions to a wide range of process automation related design challenges.

• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to create robust infrastructures that provide the cutting-edge tools to enable more experimentation and discovery.

• Create data architectures to capture time-series data and create dashboards for easy data analysis, visualization, and remote operation.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or related discipline (Master's degree preferred)

• 8-10 years of Automation experience in a manufacturing or laboratory environment

• GMP experience in biotech or pharmaceutical settings (required)

• Strong knowledge of 21 CFR Part 11 compliance for data integrity and electronic records

• Experience in R&D spaces with understanding of intellectual property considerations

• Experience with multiple controls systems including Rockwell, DeltaV, Ignition, and similar platforms

• Knowledge of data historians such as Aveva PI and similar systems

• Demonstrated knowledge of bus technologies and Instrumentation

• Experience with virtual infrastructures and management of IT/OT networks

• Experience with IoT solutions and edge devices

• Familiarity with Digital 4.0 concepts and modern industrial connectivity

• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and automation scripting (preferred)

• Knowledge of communication protocols including OPC-UA, MQTT, and industrial networking standards

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. 

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. 

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact. 

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave. 

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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