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Information Systems

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Automation Engineer

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

• Work closely with multiple subject areas, including manufacturing, process engineering, process development, utility operations, maintenance, quality assurance, and validation to implement operational improvements.

• Provide technical support to commercial and clinical manufacturing as needed, specific to process control, automation infrastructure, and utility systems.

• Provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve equipment, automation, or process issues in the field.

• Develop original code to support operational changes and optimizations on multiple utility PLC platforms.

• Develop, coordinate, analyze, and present results for operational issues and engineering projects of small scope and complexity.

• Communicate proactively with supervisor and support staff, highlighting issues and proposing solutions.

• Perform system owner responsibilities such as change control, maintenance, backup/restore, and disaster recovery

• Provide on-call technical support and issue resolution 24x7 on-call support of Automation systems, on a rotational basis.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an eager engineer with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Master’s degree in Engineering

Or

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 2 years of Process Automation experience

Or

Associate degree and 6 years of Process Automation experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Process Automation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience working with PLC / HMI automation systems, preferably Rockwell PLCs and FactoryTalk View SE/ME experience is strongly preferred.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field

• Direct experience with regulated environments (i.e. cGMP, OSHA, EPA) including a detailed understanding of cGMPs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with minimal direction.

• Experience with validation and change control methodology

• Experience with any of the following automation systems, Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal, WinCC, and Siemens Desigo - Building Management System, iFIX SCADA, and OSI PI historian.

• Experience with programming languages: Ladder Logic, Visual Basic, SQL, etc.

• Familiarity working with Emerson DeltaV is a plus.

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

Apply now

for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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