Senior Automation Engineer

Work Location: Bedford, Massachusetts
Shift: No
Department: LS-PS-RSL Legacy & Acquired Technology Development
Recruiter: Stefanie Fried

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Your Role

Design of the SCADA software:

• Drive the software release projects
• Participate in architecture reviews with the Architect and Expert. Ensure modifications to come are in line with the team purposes.
• Challenge the vision to ensure guarantee its feasibility with the Development Team.
• Ensure guidelines produced by the Development Team, Architects and Quality are correctly implemented.

Software Development according to skills:

• Estimate the development activities effort.
• Participate in the design activities according to the architectural framework.
• Manage the software development and maintenance under Team Product Owner guidance.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of the documentation, especially specifications.
• Willingness to improve code quality and security, and workflow efficiency.
• Deliver the supporting and installation documentation for the team and the user.

Software validation according to skills:

• Drive validation phases

Framework Adherence and training:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and train to new skills upon needs.
• Ensure adherence to Agile development principles and good practices, fostering a collaborative environment that aligns technical and customer-centric goals.
• Collaborate efficiently with other teams and Agile roles to execute sprints, PIs, and integrate embedded software development seamlessly into the larger Agile framework.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or any software engineer discipline, or related experience
• Significant hands-on records on Automation SCADA (ideally Ignition), Rockwell, OPC/UA, C# and on User Interface design and development
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and methodologies
• Proficiency in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or any software engineer discipline
• Experience in pharmaceutical/life sciences industry and quality management with GAMP, understanding on regulatory requirements (e.g. FDA 21CFR part 11, Eudralex Annex 11)
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies, certification in SAFe
• Experience with collaboration tools like Azure DevOps, Confluence or Jira
• Familiarity and experience to DevOps environment tools (Jenkins, Git, Maven, Bitbucket, Artifactory,)

This is a hybrid role based in Bedford, MA

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