Automation Engineer III

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Kite a Gilead Company is a biopharmaceutical organization focused on the development and commercialization of breakthrough cancer immunotherapies. Our therapies harness the power of a patients own immune system by engineering T cells to fight cancer. As our manufacturing network and digital capabilities continue to expand we are building a strong automation organization to support our growth.

We are seeking a Process Automation Engineer III to join our biotechnology manufacturing facility in Frederick Maryland. This is a handson technical leadership role responsible for supporting and enhancing automation and data platforms that enable compliant reliable GMP manufacturing operations. You will work closely with Manufacturing Quality Engineering IT and global automation teams to ensure our systems are robust scalable and inspectionready.

What Youll Do

Primary Platform Ownership

You will serve as the primary technical owner for key automation and manufacturing data platforms including:

• AspenTech Inmation Operational Technology Data Management System (OTDMS)

• Site Data Historian (OSIsoft PI)

Key responsibilities:

• Own the overall health performance availability and compliance of OTDMS and historian platforms

• Design and implement integrations between manufacturing systems such as MES (Werum PASX) LIMS historians and future digital solutions

• Manage system configuration upgrades patches and ongoing maintenance within a regulated GMP environment

• Define and maintain data ingestion contextualization and distribution strategies to enable secure OTtoIT data flow

• Author and maintain system documentation including SOPs user requirements functional specifications and impact assessments

• Manage system access and user accounts in alignment with security and compliance requirements

• Partner with Quality Validation and IT to support system qualification audits and regulatory inspections

Additional Automation Systems

You will also provide technical support and integration for additional manufacturing systems including:

• Manufacturing Execution System (Korber PASX)

• Real Time Modeling System (Emerson RTS)

• Cytiva Chronicle / Gateway platforms

• Identity and access management systems

Infrastructure & Project Support

• Support OT network architecture including VLAN segmentation and manufacturing networks

• Implement changes to automation hardware and software as needed

• Lead vendormanaged system modifications including specifications testing and acceptance activities

• Support and lead automation-related capital and operational projects

What Success Looks Like

• Manufacturing automation systems are reliable welldocumented and inspectionready

• Data flows seamlessly between plant floor systems and enterprise applications

• System issues are investigated quickly and resolved with clear root cause and preventive actions

• Projects are delivered on time and aligned with business and manufacturing priorities

• Stakeholders view you as a trusted automation and data subject matter expert

Basic Qualifications:

One of the following education/experience combinations is required:

• Masters degree in Engineering Computer Science or a related field with at least 3 years of relevant experience or

• Bachelors degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience or

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting automation or manufacturing systems in a GMP-regulated environment

• Strong understanding of industrial automation platforms and system integrations

• Experience troubleshooting complex system issues in production environments

• Familiarity with change control deviations and CAPA processes

• Proven ability to work effectively in crossfunctional teams

Why Join Kite

• Work on lifesaving therapies that directly impact patients

• Handson ownership of critical manufacturing and data platforms

• Opportunity to influence site and global automation strategy

• Collaborative missiondriven culture within a leading biotechnology company

• Competitive compensation and benefits as part of Gileads global organization

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune systems ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica CA. For more information on Kite please visit . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at jobs in the United States:

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