Senior Automation Engineer I

Ultragenyx is a biopharma company that aims to lead the future of rare disease medicine. The Senior Automation Engineer I will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and supporting automation systems for GMP manufacturing, process control, and equipment control.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science with appropriate industrial controls experience
• 6+ years of experience in manufacturing GxP support environment, as a system integrator or automation engineer
• PLC and DCS coding, installation, and support, including but not limited to Ignition, Allen Bradley, Siemens, and DeltaV
• Understanding and configuration of systems such as PI, Kepware, Win-911, and Wonderware
• Experience with BMS systems (Delta Controls preferred)
• Experience with analytical equipment such as balances, pH/DO meters, Nova FLEX2, Beckman Coulter Vi-CELL, filter integrity testers, etc.
• Understanding of control instrumentation, electrical, and wiring standards
• Understanding of network architecture, including firewall and switch configuration and virtualized environments
• Familiarity with industry standard communication protocols such as Ethernet IP, PROFINET, Modbus TCP, OPC, and BACnet
• Experience with current trends in automation and instrumentation to be able to select and implement modern controls architectures
• Adherence to domestic and international GMP regulations
• Experience with data integrity, specifically the understanding of FDA Part 11 and European Annex 11 requirements and experience applying these standards to the qualification of automation systems
• Able to effectively manage the automation lifecycle of controls components
• Familiarity with bioprocessing systems for Drug Substance and Drug Product manufacturing

Benefits

• Generous vacation time
• Volunteer days
• Long term incentive and Employee stock purchase plans or equivalent offerings
• Employee wellbeing benefits
• Fitness reimbursement
• Tuition sponsoring
• Professional development plans