Process Automation Principal Engineer

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:

As a Process Automation Principal Engineer, you will be the lead technical expert and a hands-on mentor within our engineering team.

You will be responsible for tackling our most complex automation challenges, setting the standard for quality, and guiding other engineers in building sophisticated solutions.

This role is for a seasoned, pragmatic leader who excels at both high-level design and expert-level implementation, acting as the crucial link between architectural vision and engineering execution.

This includes four strategic priorities:


* Pipeline Acceleration: Optimize the search and approval of high impact medicines with a focus on speed, cost and precision.


* Manufacturing Excellence: Improve the efficiency, quality and consistency of core manufacturing processes, specifically execution and equipment effectiveness.


* Sales Effectiveness: Simplify the process to find, trust and consume relevant customer insights that drive sales growth and improved engagement.


* Productivity: Expand operating margin through efficiency by systematically reducing our operating expenses across the company, improving profitability.

Your Responsibilities:


* Lead Complex Implementations: Personally design, develop, and deliver the most challenging and high-impact automation projects, setting a benchmark for technical excellence.


* Mentor and Guide Engineers: Act as a technical leader and mentor for other automation engineers, providing guidance through code reviews, pair programming, and sharing expert knowledge.


* Champion Best Practices: Drive the adoption and refinement of development standards, design patterns, and best practices within the team, ensuring consistency and quality in all solutions.


* · Act as a Final Escalation Point: Serve as the ultimate technical authority for troubleshooting and resolving the most difficult production issues and system-wide challenges.


* Technical Design and Review: Lead technical design sessions and peer reviews for complex automation workflows, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and maintainable.


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