Automation Engineer-Device Manufacturing

Eli Lilly - Indianapolis, IN

Full-time - Entry Level

Indianapolis, IN

10,001+ employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. The Automation Engineer position within the Indy Device Manufacturing (IDM) team is crucial for overseeing the technical aspects of developing, designing, constructing, and delivering automated device assembly lines. This role is essential for supporting new product launches, capacity expansions, and line extensions at both Lilly sites and Contract Manufacturers globally. The Automation Engineer will work closely with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to design and build custom medical device assembly machines, ensuring that best practices for design and startup are implemented effectively. Additionally, the engineer will deploy systems to capture and utilize process data, which is vital for continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. The key objectives of this role include providing technical assessments of OEM proposals, supporting tool and process validations, managing user requirements, and defining technical and patient risks through methodologies like FMEA. The engineer will also oversee the design process of OEMs, conduct thorough design reviews, and document research and investigations as technical reports. Furthermore, the role involves completing engineering activities related to process and product improvements, coordinating cross-functional project teams, and participating in commercialization project teams to ensure manufacturing readiness for new devices. The Automation Engineer will be responsible for ensuring compliance and capability of processes, facilities, equipment, or systems, and will lead initiatives to implement necessary changes for sustaining and improving manufacturing processes. This position requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to maintaining high standards in engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assessment of OEM Technical proposals and make recommendations as to OEM suitability
• Support all aspects of tool and process validations including computer system validation
• Manage the generation rationalization of user requirements for each project
• Define and mitigate technical and patient risks, including use of FMEA
• Assure each design includes maximum appropriate re-use of technology from prior projects
• Oversee OEM's design process, assuring questions are resolved and barriers to progress are removed
• Conduct thorough design reviews to assure design meets requirements and local/corporate standards
• Characterize unit operations and set operating conditions as required by defining an Engineering Studies plan
• Assure testing is appropriately developed and is in accordance with the risk level of the item being tested
• Document research and investigations as technical reports
• Complete engineering activities involved in the development of process/product improvements
• Work with external companies and project teams to develop product and process improvements
• Ensure that the processes, facilities, equipment, or systems for which they are responsible are compliant, capable, in control, and maintained in a validated or qualified state
• Coordinate/lead cross-functional/cross-site/cross-company engineering project teams as needed
• Participate on Commercialization project teams for new devices with focus on manufacturing readiness
• Lead cross-functional/cross-site/cross-company project teams as needed
• Identify and implement process and product changes necessary to maintain, sustain and improve the manufacturing process
• Support Technical Stewardship projects to improve device design

Requirements

• BS in an Engineering or Engineering related field
• Minimum 2 years engineering experience, preferably in Manufacturing

Nice-to-haves

• Medical Devices experiences preferred
• Experience with DOE and statistical methods as applied to engineering studies and reports
• Experience in large capital project delivery and management of sub-projects within a larger project
• Demonstrated high degree of ownership / accountability
• Experience with engineering in a regulated pharmaceutical environment/cGMPs/Commissioning and Qualification
• Experience in programming control systems for high-speed assembly lines
• Strong communication, teamwork, and networking skills
• Expertise in automation networks, vision systems for part inspection, debugging of assembly lines
• Solid technical writing skills
• Proven ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks
• Strong attention to detail
• Proven problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Vision insurance coverage
• 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
• 401(k) matching benefit
• Paid holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee discount programs
• Wellness programs