Lead DeltaV Automation Engineer (Hybrid)

Our practice is seeking a highly qualified Lead DeltaV Automation Engineer with experience in developing and building impactful, scalable, enterprise applications.

Our Developers have a passion for high-quality, reliable, and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users.

Our developers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Location: Muskegon, Michigan,

The annual salary for this position is depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

**Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States**

• Lead and own the technical aspects of the project.
• Work closely with Program technical offices to ensure alignment with the overall automation philosophy and standards.
• Partner with Digital/MES workstream leads to synchronize automation and digital solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to area leads, ensuring adherence to standards.
• Ensure uniformity in automation deliverables, including requirements, functional specifications, control strategies, phases, and recipes.
• Participate in P&ID and control strategy reviews, and assist in defining necessary software components.
• Report progress, issues, and needs to the automation project manager.
• Provide input, review, and approve functional requirements and specifications.
• Aid in the creation of Parameter and Recipe Specification documents and respond to system integrator technical queries.
• Support the development of software testing strategies and identify remediation efforts for process control software.
• Create and manage items in the issue tracker post-software acceptance.
• Identify and analyze technical risks and plan responses.
• Maintain compliance with training requirements.

• BS in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in Automation within the Pharmaceutical Industry, preferably in API/bulk manufacturing.
• Proven experience in large Pharmaceutical Automation projects/programs.
• Proficiency with Delta V DCS and preferably Allen-Bradley PLCs.
• Exceptional ability to work in teams.
• Strong understanding of GMPs, regulatory requirements, and computer system validation principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Travel: 0-5%

Why Choose Cognizant?

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry recognized, award winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.

If you became comfortable with ambiguity, delight by change, and excel through autonomy, we'd love to hear from you!

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer provider and committed to creating a diverse environment. We consider all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status or any other classification protected by state, federal or local law.

Headquartered in the U.S, Cognizant leverages a highly flexible business model, a flawless global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of world-class companies that are leaders in their own space.

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