Automation Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $40 billion. No other company can match our range of customer touch points – technologically, geographically or commercially. We help our customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe and moving forward with thousands of important projects that improve millions of lives.
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This position is based in Uppsala, where Thermo Fisher develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. With 1,900 employees worldwide, and 1,000 in Sweden, we are the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.
How will you make an impact?
Would you like to be part of digitized operations? In this role you will get the chance to help our operations and production continue to evolve using digital tools and processes.
As a senior automation engineer you will be a part of the "Center of Excellence" at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, ImmunoDiagnostics Division (IDD) team.
We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer that technically will lead, design and deliver automation to our operations.
The System & Automation Services team is responsible for life cycle management of critical systems and automation solutions within production, lab production and distribution. The team works side-by-side with other sections as IT, verification and maintenance teams. The section consists of 10 team members in total
We can offer you a challenging and varied position where you will benefit from your technical experience within automation.
You will also have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills within one of the world's largest life-science companies.
What will you do?
You will be responsible for the technical scope and architecture. It can be for a specific area in a large project, like PLC or HMI. In a small project, it can be the complete scope, like technical set up for OEE
You will focus on
Overall PLC programming
Overall HMI programming
Equipment connectivity and data aggregation
Automation object life cycle management

What will you need?
To succeed in this role, you need to have experience in leading work and smaller projects related to automation.
You have a minimum of 5 years working experience from industrial automation, beneficial within life sciences. We work in a heavily regulated industry; it is, therefore, important that you are structured and good at documenting your work.
We are a large, international organization, so it's essential that you are comfortable working cross-functionally in a matrix environment and are comfortable in a regularly changing environment.
As a person, you should be someone who takes the initiative, works in a structured and independent manner, but is also a strong communicator and team-player, as much of your work will be carried out in teams.
By working for Thermo Fisher you will get a meaningful work in an international and engaging environment with qualified colleagues. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career and an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are valued.
Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com , ref. 198512BR.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10th of April.
If you have questions then please contact Max Holst, Manager System and Automation, max.holst@thermofisher.com .
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