Senior Automation Engineer

Amneal · Brookhaven, NY

Level: Senior
Team: Controls
Base pay: $120k–$145k
Degree: Required
Experience asked: 5+ years
Industry: Pharma & life sciences
Posted: 14 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A senior controls role at Amneal (pharma & life sciences) in Brookhaven, NY. Compliance, Data Integrity, and Quality Systems: Ensures automation changes and computerized system records comply with cGMP, good documentation practices, applicable electronic-record requirements, data-integrity principles, cybersecurity controls, and.

They ask for: 5+ years · degree required
Tools it names: Root cause, CAPA, FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), PLC, Automation
Base pay: $120k–$145k
Day to day: some off-shift / weekend coverage

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Controls Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $94k–$139k. This one lists $120k–$145k.

Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 25 controls engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 24 other live controls postings in New York.

Base pay: About 16% above similar roles
Experience asked: Less than usual (5+ vs 6+)

Skills these teams ask for most

✓ PLC 84%
✓ Automation 84%
✓ Root cause 36%
✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 32%
Robotics 28%
AutoCAD 24%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

Stands out: this posting asks for CAPA, FDA / GMP, EHS / safety, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Off-shift / weekend coverage

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This plant: Amneal in Brookhaven

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Essential Functions

◆Develops and maintains automation and controls solutions for sterile manufacturing equipment, utilities, and facilities. Prepares or reviews user requirements, functional and design specifications, control narratives, I/O lists, alarm strategies, network architecture, and configuration documentation. Programs, configures, tests, and supports PLC, VFD Programming, HMI/SCADA, distributed control system, BMS/EMS, historian, instrumentation, drives, motion-control, and related systems while maintaining approved configuration baselines and lifecycle plans.
◆Leads or executes assigned automation workstreams for new equipment, facility upgrades, technology transfer, and process improvements. Coordinates system integrators, equipment vendors, contractors, Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, and IT/OT. Supports design reviews, factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), commissioning, startup, automation qualification, and IQ/OQ/PQ activities; verifies traceability to approved

requirements

and ensures timely turnover of complete technical documentation.

✓Provides day-to-day technical support for automated sterile manufacturing and packaging systems. Diagnoses control, instrumentation, communication, sequence, interlock, alarm, and equipment-performance issues; analyzes system and historian data; performs root-cause analysis; and implements sustainable corrective actions. Supports planned shutdowns, maintenance, calibration, production changes, and after-hours response when required to protect product quality, personnel safety, and reliable operations.
✓Compliance, Data Integrity, and Quality Systems: Ensures automation changes and computerized system records comply with cGMP, good documentation practices, applicable electronic-record requirements, data-integrity principles, cybersecurity controls, and approved site procedures. Initiates or supports change controls, impact and risk assessments, deviations, investigations, CAPA, access reviews, audit-trail reviews, backup and recovery verification, periodic reviews, and system retirement activities.
✓Creates and maintains SOPs, work instructions, system inventories, drawings, code and configuration records, preventive-maintenance requirements, and training materials. Trains operations and maintenance personnel on automation-system operation and troubleshooting. Identifies and implements improvements that enhance reliability, compliance, process capability, cycle time, yield, alarm effectiveness, and obsolescence management.

Additional

Responsibilities

◆Maintains automation inventories, source-code and configuration backups, recovery procedures, network diagrams, licenses, spare-parts information, and obsolescence plans in an inspection-ready state. Reviews P&IDs, control and electrical drawings, loop diagrams, cause-and-effect matrices, specifications, vendor documents, calibration records, and maintenance records for automation impact. Coordinates controlled implementation windows and confirms that approved changes, trained personnel, calibrated instruments, backups, and rollback plans are available before execution.

Education

✓Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation/Controls Engineering, or a closely related engineering field - Required
✓Master Degree (MS/MA) Electronics, Mechatronics, Electrical, Automation/Controls Engineering, or a related technical field - Preferred

Experience

✓5 years or more in Automation, controls, or electrical engineering experience in sterile or aseptic GMP pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life-sciences manufacturing
✓5 years or more in Experience in sterile or aseptic manufacturing

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Description

The Automation Engineer designs, implements, qualifies, and supports automation and control systems for sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing. The role ensures reliable, compliant operation of PLCs, VFDs, HMI/SCADA, DCS, BMS/EMS, instrumentation, and industrial network systems. Working with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, IT/OT, vendors, and integrators, the engineer supports capital projects, technology transfer, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement for sterile processing and packaging operations.

Specialized Knowledge

•• Advanced working knowledge of industrial automation platforms and architectures, including PLC, HMI/SCADA, DCS, BMS/EMS, process historians, instrumentation, drives, and industrial communication networks. • Ability to develop and review automation requirements, functional and design specifications, control narratives, I/O lists, alarm and interlock strategies, test scripts, traceability matrices, and qualification documentation. Working knowledge of cGMP, risk-based computerized system validation, GAMP principles, electronic records and signatures, data integrity, change control, deviation management, CAPA, and inspection-ready documentation. • Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capability across electrical, electronic, controls, software, network, instrumentation, and equipment interfaces in a sterile manufacturing environment. • Effective project coordination, technical writing, vendor management, and cross-functional communication skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office and familiarity with engineering drawing, maintenance, quality, and validation systems.

Additional Requirement: This position requires successful completion of an OSHA-compliant Respirator Fit Test.

The base salary for this position ranges from $120,000 to $145,000 per year. Amneal ranges reflect the Company’s good faith estimate of base salary that Amneal reasonably believes that it will pay for said position at the time of the posting. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors, including but not limited to, qualifications, geographic location and other relevant skills. At the heart of our