Senior Automation Engineer | Breda Breda • Panda International

We’re looking for an Automation Engineer to lead the automation side of new and upgraded equipment in Device Assembly, Inspection, Labeling, and Packaging. You’ll play a key role in ensuring equipment reliability, smooth implementation, and long-term sustainability across our manufacturing network.

What you’ll do

• Own the automation requirements throughout equipment design, installation, and lifecycle.
• Write and review technical documentation (URS, FDS, HDS, SDS)
• Support installation, testing, and commissioning of equipment with a strong focus on network and cybersecurity compliance.
• Drive FAT, commissioning, and qualification activities to ensure seamless deployment

• Manage the delivery of the Equipment Automation aspects according to project timelines
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI)on the site.
• Support the test phase at equipment vendor and on-site together with the project team
•  Ensure equipment is secured with company standards of security software.
• Deliver progress reporting to (Project) Management
• Implement companys automation standards for hardware and software
• Install mandatory monitoring tools
• Participate in Data Integrity Assessments
• Conduct Automation Preventive Maintenance assessments
• Advise on Automation spare parts to create Asset Spare parts List
• Create and test backup/restore procedures/Work Instructions for configurable parts
• Create parameter and audit trail review procedures/Work Instructions
• Creation/update of Asset Parameter Lists (APL’s) of the equipment
• Support the connection to PI data historian
• Provide Automation training to the Maintenance and Engineering department and applicable Operators
• Provide operational hypercare support on the floor as needed

• Proven experience of independent project execution in a cross functional, global environment within IS and Engineering
• At least 5 years’ experience providing process control and information systems solutions and support to manufacturing organizations in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries.
• Proven Experience with labelling and packaging equipment
• Familiar systems: Industrial PC, PLC, HMI, SCADA and vision systems (Cognex)
• Direct experience with regulated environment (e.g. GMP, OSHA, EPA)