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Senior Automation Engineer (Industrial Automation)

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Mar 2026

About the role

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Sr. Automation Engineer will be responsible for identifying and developing automation technologies and Manufacturing control systems to improve site productivity and quality and safety performance. The Sr. Automation Engineer will be the technical lead for automation development and the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) for new and existing Manufacturing control systems.

Responsibilities:

•Acts as the lead technical expert for Automation Applications, Process Control and Manufacturing Execution Systems.

•Maintains system availability, prepares metrics to evaluate systems performance, and works with stakeholders and users to ensure that service objectives are met.

•Provides input and recommendations regarding business continuance issues and improvements to operating systems and processes.

• Monitors, insures compliance, and conforms to all regulatory and company mandates.

•Provides guidance, technical advice, planning and project management both within the group and with outside consultants and vendors.

•Assists departmental objectives by developing strategic roadmaps for Automation Applications and Process Control systems in conjunction with Digital Systems and business management resources.

•Supports in establishing a stable and future-ready digital foundation: o Dashboard development to visualize and analyze data to gain insights o Data integration across critical platforms for business intelligence o Rollout of Industry 4.0 initiatives

•Provides training for onsite Users / Engineers in Automation technologies and applications.

•Provides after hours (on call) support as needed on a regular rotation.

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    Qualifications

    •Bachelor’s Degre

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