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Specialist, Automation Engineering (Onsite)

at Merck

📍 USA - New Jersey - Rahway Hybrid 💰 $87K – $137K USD / year Posted March 14, 2026
Salary $87K – $137K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

This role supports automation engineering activities at Merck’s Rahway, NJ sterile drug product manufacturing facility, ensuring systems are compliant, validated, and operational. The engineer will troubleshoot, implement automation solutions, and support start-up operations.

  • Maintain automation systems
  • Troubleshoot automation issues
  • Support validation and change control
  • Implement automation improvements
  • Ensure data integrity

The position involves maintaining and troubleshooting automation systems, supporting validation and lifecycle management, and ensuring data integrity within pharmaceutical sterile manufacturing environments, primarily using OT/IT systems and automation platforms.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level automation engineer with experience supporting pharmaceutical sterile manufacturing facilities, familiar with cGMP compliance, automation systems, and validation processes. They should have strong troubleshooting skills and experience in lifecycle management of automation platforms.

Automation systems maintenanceTroubleshootingRoot cause analysisChange controlData integrity
CybersecurityData visualizationProject managementAutomation lifecycle management
Automation systemsOT/IT systemsSOPsChange management tools
automation systemscGMPprocess automationOT/IT systemsvalidationchange controlroot cause analysisdata integritytroubleshootingpharmaceutical manufacturing
Automation systemsOT/IT systemsProcess automationData and analyticsLifecycle managementcGMPValidationChange controlRoot cause analysisTroubleshooting
Problem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkAttention to detailCompliance orientation
Industry Pharmaceuticals / Biotechnology
Job Function Provide automation engineering support for sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing
Role Subtype Automation Engineer
Tech Domains Automation systems, OT/IT systems
automation engineeringcGMPprocess automationOT/IT systemsvalidationchange controlroot cause analysisdata integritytroubleshootingpharmaceutical manufacturingsterile productsbiologicsvaccine manufacturingautomation lifecyclecybersecurity

Lack of pharmaceutical manufacturing experience, No automation or validation experience, Unwillingness to work onsite in Rahway, No experience with cGMP

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