Engineer – Manufacturing and Quality (M&Q Tech@Lilly MES Systems)

Company: Eli Lilly and Company
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: July 11, 2025

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. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Help us advance our purpose to make life-saving medicines that matter The Manufacturing and Quality (M&Q) Global Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Team is actively looking for a Systems Engineer with MES experience. Are you passionate about manufacturing excellence and applying technology to make reliable and life-saving medicines? If so, bring YOUR skills and talents to Lilly where you’ll have the chance to create an impact on the lives of patients. Our broader M&Q IT organization leverages technology and analytics to transform, scale, and support manufacturing operational excellence and productivity. This team helps produce medicines using machine learning and robotic capabilities with some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business. Organization Overview: For 140 years, Lilly has manufactured medicines that improve people’s lives around the world. We produce our medicines using some of the most sophisticated manufacturing technologies and rigorous quality standards. Lilly Manufacturing strives for excellence in its process, standards, procedures and behaviors to develop medicines with safety first and quality always. What You’ll Be Doing: This Dedicated Manufacturing & Quality IT position will be part of the Global API MES Team. Our Global API MES team is a partner with the Lilly API sites worldwide that manufacture the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for our medicine. We partner across 4 production sites today, with two additional ones in the pipeline and growth of new sites on the horizon. The Global API MES team is purposed to deliver and support Manufacturing Execution Systems through championing standardization of business processes and common DeltaV MES/Syncade (Software by Emerson) modules that enable manufacturing sites to deliver world class performance. This position will report to an MQ IT Director and will focus on the following key elements: Managing DeltaV MES/Syncade software release lifecycle, licensing technology & processes Managing application regression testing Delivering and managing a global common validation package and common foundational objects for recipe development Driving delivery and investigation of tools to accelerate recipe development and digital transformation Serve as an Escalation point for Tier 2/3 support Act as a liaison between the Global API MES team and sites during audits and inspections You will work as a Systems Engineer in a growing organization to help design and develop new solutions to our manufacturing execution challenges in an industry that is ever-changing with higher quality and regulatory expectations. This role will work with site IT to tackle business problems and improve business processes by working with them to identify and ensure the most appropriate solutions are deployed. This role will bring IT principles, architecture, and technology together in a way that is business-driven and focuses on business processes. You will do this by developing in-depth knowledge of the business, building strong relationships with business partners, and assisting M&Q IT management with long-term, strategic level plans. How You’ll Succeed: You will drive new releases & hot fix technical assessments and related interoperability test with DeltaV MES/Syncade. You will influence life cycle decisions, coordinate & manage LCM processes, and execute\facilitate complex technical upgrades. You may configure & deploy MES software application and system. You will enable common processes across the sites such as RA Behaviors, Global Components and Work Instructions. Working closely with IT at the sites, you will proactively influence the business towards replication & standardization to drive value and implement appropriate technical solutions. You will have the opportunity to evaluate emerging technologies and articulate implications to DeltaV MES/Syncade solution. You will maintain open communication with Emerson to address needs in standard solution or via functional packs. You will evaluate and translate functional requirements into technical solutions. Leveraging your experiences, you will solve problems and work through manufacturing situations escalating to the vendor as appropriate. You will ensure project and/or validation documentation is maintained during lifecycle & release management. You will find innovative ways to leverage DeltaV MES/Syncade to drive business value. By working jointly with IT colleagues, you will develop\assist in the creation and maintenance of interfaces with external systems. You will be responsible for helping with business cases for new services or to modify existing services while negotiating service levels to meet business availability expectations. You will ensure that incident, problem, configuration, and change/release management are all done with alignment and understanding of business need. You will stay abreast of technology industry trends. You will apply knowledge of regulatory, legal, and quality requirements impacting the business to solution requirements. You will bring your technical experience to design reviews to ensure traceability of requirements. What You Should Bring: Strong problem-solving skills, analytical, & process improvement skills Good communication skills (written / oral) Strong knowledge of S88 Standard & control system MES interface concepts Strong technical skill in DeltaV MES/Syncade: Manufacturing Execution architecture and troubleshooting Relevant manufacturing experience Strong technical skill in VB script, C# or other common Microsoft programming languages Strong technical skill in Microsoft Server and SQLServer DBMS management, and SQL Some demonstrated DeltaV MES/Syncade architecture knowledge Demonstrated learning agility both technically as well as business processes and applications Demonstrated initiative to build relationships, work across diverse teams, learn new business processes and identify opportunities Demonstrated ability to influence peers and business partners Demonstrated ability to evaluate, facilitate, and drive towards risk-based decision making Ability to thrive in a complex, changing, virtual environment with multiple manufacturing sites Basic Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Minimum 3 years of MES experience and recipe authoring Professional experience supporting/developing IT applications/solutions. Knowledge of manufacturing operations or Pharmaceutical Industry experience. Professional experience and knowledge of security, regulatory, legal, and quality requirements (privacy & GxP) Additional Information: Position can be based in Indianapolis, Indiana or at any of the US Lilly API Manufacturing sites Full-time position - 8-hour days, possible after-hour support On site presence 5 days a week (with flexibility for remote work 4 days per month) Some travel maybe required to other Lilly API Manufacturing sites in Puerto Rico and/or Europe/US Knowledge of S95 Architecture Model Must maintain a safe work environment, working safely and accountable for supporting all health and safety corporate and site goals. 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), Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL), enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our groups. Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $63,750 - $180,400 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 Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees. WeAreLilly

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