Engineer - Automation

at Lilly

Record last updated: 5/30/2026 7:15:31 PM

Current Days Open
46
Reqs Seen
4
Current Min Salary
$66,000.00 (Yearly)
Current Max Salary
$171,600.00 (Yearly)
Historical Days Open
55.7
First Seen
7/8/2025
Lowest Min Salary Seen
$64,500.00 (Yearly)
9/29/2025
Highest Max Salary Seen
$171,600.00 (Yearly)
5/30/2026

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Full Job Description

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. Were looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Concord, North Carolina. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology to increase the company's manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. The Lilly Concord site will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment. This is an opportunity you dont want to miss! We are currently hiring for Automation Engineer for our new Concord, NC site! Responsibilities: As an Automation Engineer you will provide automation design and oversight to the delivery of Lilly's new Concord facility. Manage system integrators to deliver all aspects of Automation for Lilly's new Concord based facility. Support key corporate initiatives such as life cycle management, Engineering information management, and cyber security. Drive automation governance and replication across the Global Parenteral Network and the Global Packaging Network for Tier 1 equipment, architecture, and Automation/IT systems and solutions. Key Objectives/Deliverables: Safety Work safely and continually looks for improvements in personnel and equipment safety, ensure safe design and operation of new equipment, ensure automation design reflects safety concerns for operations and maintenance. Automation/Control Discipline and Technical Leadership Partner with colleagues to lead the discipline through solution assessment, replication, and development. Manage tools, engineering standards, master specifications and best practices. Provide technical coaching and consultation to other Lilly engineers, facilitate shared learning forums. Automation Design Provide support to European manufacturing sites and Global Facilities Delivery during project profiling and design. Ensure project design meets intended requirements, considers life cycle cost, and eliminates non-value add complexity. Use replication and best practices to optimize project cost. External Influence and Benchmarking - Monitor and influence, when appropriate, changes in external codes and standards on Lillys behalf, and work to ensure ongoing compliance within Lilly. Extract benchmarking information from academia and industry. Technology and Innovation. Keep current on external trends and practices to evaluate technology for application within Lilly. Provide automation design and oversight to the delivery of Lilly's new Concord facility. Manage system integrators to deliver all aspects of Automation for Lilly's new Concord based facility. Support key corporate initiatives such as life cycle management, Engineering information management, and cyber security Evaluate new technology and innovation trends leading to the development of proof of concepts and sharing of use cases for application within Lilly. Drive automation governance and replication across the Global Parenteral Network and the Global Packaging Network for Tier 1 equipment, architecture, and Automation/IT systems and solutions. In addition, this role will work to optimizes and improve project automation engineering approaches by combining technical expertise, best practices, engineering standards, and project delivery expertise. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Technology, or a related field Minimum 3 years experience in automation machine control, process control, or equivalent work experience in a related field Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1 Additional Skills/Preferences: Demonstrated ability to work safely Demonstrated expertise in one or more automation platforms, preferable Rockwell Automation Systems. Demonstrated expertise with Rockwell FactoryTalk Batch software. Demonstrated expertise in robotic and conveyor systems preferably FANUC and/or Staubli Robots. Significant experience and strong problem-solving skills in measurements, control (process and/or manufacturing), control systems, integration, and data. Excellent verbal and written communications skills Ability to manage people and projects to deliver a common set of objectives Knowledge of GMPs and pharmaceutical manufacturing Knowledge in Microsoft Operating Systems, Knowledge in Databases Additional Information Expectation that the position will be based out of Concord, North Carolina Monday through Friday, and some weekend/holiday may be required for project support. Travel: Domestic and International travel may be required, up to 25% during site start-up Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response. Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN), Womens Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidates education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $66,000 - $171,600 Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lillys compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees. #WeAreLilly At Lilly we strive to ensure our employees are part of a team that cares about them and our shared purpose of making life better for those around the world. How do we do this? We continue to look for ways to include, innovate, accelerate and deliver while maintaining integrity, excellence and respect for people. We hope that you seek to join us on our journey as we create medicine and deliver improved outcomes for patients across the globe! #WeAreLilly

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