R&D Automation Engineer, Electrical

- Mid Level

Marlborough, MA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us - working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity - so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term. Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we're pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives. The Automation Engineer, Electrical works within the R&D group to develop the automation on production systems for the Biopharmaceutical market. This position will work on new products or improvements from an early phase - managing specification, design, industrialization, and transfer to manufacturing as part of a global multi-disciplinary product development team. This role will focus on common standards for the hardware architecture aligning with the overall automation strategy while collaborating with software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware development, or improvement, from an early phase: managing specification, design, industrialization...
• Transfer to manufacturing as part of a global multi-disciplinary product development team;
• Serve as the architect of our electrical design, control systems and automation, aligning with our global standards;
• Partner with internal and external vendors;
• Define validation protocols and testing regimes. Assemble and test controller prototypes and perform modifications;
• Support troubleshooting and maintenance remote or on-site at customers for newly developed and/or launched products;
• Responsible for preparation of documentation of our products and systems;
• Write procedures, documentation and reports related to tests and tasks performed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Engineering or relevant field. Master's Degree preferred
• 5 years relevant experience;
• Expertise in Electrical design, Control systems, expertise in designing Pneumatic systems is an asset;
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and directives (e.g. CE, NRTL, LVD, USP, cGMP, Machinery Directive, EMC, GAMP...);
• Good communication skills;
• Continuous Improvement mentality;