Automation Engineer 2, MES (Syncade)

Fujifilm•Holly Springs, NC

About The Position

The Automation Engineer 2 provides support to the Drug Substance Manufacturing (DSM) facility. This includes implementation of changes to the Automation systems, updating design documents, executing testing, troubleshooting events, and being a part of Automation on-call support. Additionally, this role participates in designing and maintain the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Company Overview FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is building the future of bioproduction in Holly Springs, North Carolina. By end of 2025, we’ll open North America’s largest end-to-end CDMO biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, offering drug substance production, fill-finish, and packaging under one roof. We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us realize this exciting vision and deliver the next vaccine, cure, or therapy. We offer a dynamic work environment and we’re proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your purpose, energy, and drive—what we call Genki. Ready to shape the future of medicine? Let’s transform healthcare together! Holly Springs, North Carolina, combines small-town warmth with proximity to Raleigh’s thriving tech scene, making it the perfect blend of community and opportunity. Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Requirements

Effective communication, both written and oral
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to effectively present information to others
Ability to interpret and demonstrate knowledge of an Automation subject area to internal partners
Proficiency in the fundamental technologies used within DeltaV MES (Syncade), such as structed query language (SQL) Stored Procedures and xPath Matching
Knowledge of modeling Batch Production Record (BPR) and electronic Batch Record (eBR) recipe components in MES
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering or other relevant field
2 years of Automation, Instrumentation & Controls, or other relevant technical experience

Nice To Haves

3+ years of DeltaV MES (Syncade) experience (including exposure to behavior code, equipment tracking (ET) and event monitor (EM) configuration, basic DeltaV distributed control system (DCS) configuration concepts, SC consumer execution group configuration)
Previous experience within a pharmaceutical or GMP environment

Responsibilities

Performs Automation activities, such as code configuration, document development, and test execution within several process areas
Delivers accurate and on-time Automation work
Creates standard code utilizing medium complexity control strategies
Participates in designing and maintaining the global MES platform to accommodate for new capabilities
Assesses requirements and needs identified during Technology Transfers (TT) and participates in the implementation
Ensures good manufacturing practice (GMP) integrity of MES is maintained
Collaborates with senior Engineers to develop (generate, review, maintain) various specification documents (e.g., user requirements specification (URS), functional specification (FS), design qualification (DQ), etc.)
Collaborates with senior Engineers to develop (generate, review, maintain) various test protocols and functional testing documents (e.g., installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), etc.)
Serves as on-call support for Automation inquiries and troubleshooting
Collaborates with other departments, such as Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Validation
Other duties, as assigned