Manager Automation Engineer

Why Patients Need You

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action.

What You Will Achieve

Working with Pfizer’s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical role in the management of manufacturing information systems to improve manufacturing success rates and ensuring zero down time. As Manager, your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of the discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a cross functional leadership role to facilitate agreements between different teams. It is your dedication and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Follow standard operating procedures and standards in a highly regulated environment

• GMP verification protocol generation and execution

• Development of new and follow existing standard operating procedures and programming guidelines

• Identify, design and implement new technologies

• Lead the specification and procurement of new highly automated manufacturing equipment

• Generate and develop system support documentation

• Assist in training and mentoring site Automation Technicians, Automation Engineers and other operations personnel

• Monitor and trend issues to identify and develop preventative solutions

• Design, develop, deploy and test our automated processes, systems and equipment

• Maintain and support automation infrastructure

• Provide 24x7x365 support of our automation systems

• Responsible for system-wide system compliance, and technical leadership for our systems

• Adhere to safe work practices and develop standard operating procedures and system support documentation

• Clearly communicate progress and issues to management and peers and finalize report writing for test protocols

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• HS Diploma with ten years of relevant experience; OR an Associate's degree with eight years of experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree with at least five years of experience; OR a Master’s degree with more than three years of experience; OR a Ph.D. with 0-2 years of experience

• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams

• Good organizational skills and proficiency in meeting project deadlines

• Proven ability to work in team environment and contribute as a team member

• Ability to learn new technologies and adapt to change

• Ability to communicate technical issues to management and customers in an effective and understandable manner

• Experience with writing software test plans, user requirements, and system design documents

• Experience with Industrial Control Systems such as Rockwell, Siemens, Wonderware, iFix

• Strong knowledge of Computerized Systems, compliance regulations, and standards

• Excellent interpersonal effectiveness and communication soft skills

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience

• VMware and virtualization knowledge

• Basic networking knowledge

• Database/Historian knowledge (SQL, AVEVA PI)

• Experience with batching system and standards

• Experience using common AI tools, including generative and agentic technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot

 
 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Office and plant environment. Keyboarding, lifting, standing, bending, walking

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Weekend and off hours work required, some overtime
Support 24/7 operations – on call coverage
Adhere to safe work practices
Some travel to support new equipment acceptance testing

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: June 17, 2026

• Work Location Assignment: On premise


The annual base salary for this position ranges from $99,200.00 to $165,400.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.





Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.




Candidates must be authorized to be employed in the U.S. by any employer.

U.S. work visa sponsorship (such as TN, O-1, H-1B, etc.) is not available for this role now or in the future.






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