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