Engineer III, Software

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Job Title:    Automation Engineer III

About the company

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of more than $40 billion and approximately 100,000 employees globally. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, tackle sophisticated analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, deliver medicines to market and increase laboratory efficiency. Through our outstanding brands – Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services – we offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive services. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Details about business

Providing outstanding product development services to Thermo Fisher Scientific Global Business Units, is one of the essential functions of the India Engineering Center (IEC). This Global Research and Development Center, established in 2009, is in My Home Twitza, Hyderabad, with over 150 employees.

Position Summary

As an Automation Engineer, you will join diverse team of developers to participate in the specification, design, testing, maintenance, and implementation of software for bioproduction instruments and allied products. This software, and these instruments a make a real, positive, and strong impact on the lives of people across the globe.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Extracting important data from P&IDs, wiring diagrams, SOPs, Control Philosophy, and related documentation for project execution.
• Write design documents such as FDS, DDS, test plans, and test cases.
• Work with global software team members to ensure we craft and deliver quality software.
• Write internal test documents and execute structural testing.
• Provide accurate estimates for completing planned tasks and software development with the highest quality.
• Establishes and maintains detailed and accurate documentation of all work.
• Should be able to implement, document, and maintain the SCADA/MES application according to the design documents.
• Assist in acquiring information for architecture specs, software compatibility, security, and other application requirements.

Minimum Qualifications / Experience / Required Skills:

Bachelors/ master’s degree in electrical / electronic / instrumentation engineering with 5 to 8 years of DCS/PLC/SCADA Development experience.

• Strong Process Automation project & commissioning experience with the Siemens/Rockwell PLC platform in a Pharma/Biotech environment.
• Knowledge of ISA 88, FDA regulations, particularly 21 CFR part 11, GMP and GAMP systems.
• Strong experience in conducting FAT, SAT and UAT activities for software and equipment.
• Rockwell-Studio5000 /Siemens PLC- Step7/ PCS7, Ignition SCADA
• Experience with Python scripting is must.
• Familiarity with upstream and downstream bioprocesses.
• Communication / Network Protocols – OPC, Modbus, Profibus, Ethernet/IP etc. Knowledge / working experience on MQTT, Traceability etc. will be added advantage.
• Exposure to development environments like GitHub, Version Control. DevOps etc.
• Willing to learn and improve technical capabilities.