Senior R&D Engineer, Automation

1 month ago


Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Danaher Full time
Job Description

Be part of something altogether life-changing

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 Senior R&D Automation Engineer works within the R&D group to develop automation on production systems for the Biopharmaceutical market The role focuses on common standards for automation architecture and overall strategy in collaboration with hardware and software engineering

What You'll Do:

  • Lead automation 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 control systems, automation and electrical design, aligning with our global standards;
  • Partner with internal and external automation vendors;
  • Define validation protocols and testing regimes. Assemble and test controller prototypes and perform modifications;
  • Support trouble shooting 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.

Who You Are:

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

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you've ever wondered what's within you, there's no better time to find out.



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