About the role

Validation & Engineering Group (a Pinnaql company) seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to support an Automation Resilience Program in Rockville, MD, leading automation engineering, implementation, testing, commissioning, and validation support for BMS/PLC/process automation systems in a GMP pharma manufacturing environment. #LI-ONSITE.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Automation, Controls, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, or related
• 8+ years automation/controls/engineering experience
• Experience in pharma/biotech/medical device GMP-regulated environments
• Experience with commissioning, testing, qualification, or validation
• Experience in active manufacturing facilities with outage/implementation coordination

What you'll do

• Lead automation projects from design/planning through implementation and closeout
• Support modifications/improvements to BMS, COPA-DATA Zenon, EMS, PLCs, process automation systems
• Coordinate engineering design, system integration, migration, controls modifications
• Develop/coordinate testing, commissioning, validation activities
• Support validation protocol creation/execution/review/approval
• Manage project schedules, risks, change controls
• Coordinate outages/shutdowns in active manufacturing environment
• Ensure GMP/safety/quality compliance
• Review/maintain engineering drawings and turnover packages