# Sr. Manager, Automation Engineering

A brief overview The Sr. Manager, Automation Engineering leads the automation engineering function supporting manufacturing, utilities, facilities, and capital projects within a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. This role provides leadership and technical direction for the automation team and is responsible for automation strategy, engineering standards, project execution, system compliance, and continuous improvement of automation and digital manufacturing technologies. In partnership with Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities, Quality, Validation, Maintenance, IT/OT, and Global Automation teams, the incumbent ensures automation systems are reliable, compliant, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. This role also oversees resources, budgets, vendors, and project priorities to support safety, quality, operational efficiency, reliability, and long-term site performance. What you will do Lead and manage the automation engineering team responsible for automation systems supporting batch processing tanks, solvent recovery systems, filter dryers, HPLCs, filtration systems, lyophilizers, ultra-low freezers, HVAC, solvent distribution and recovery systems, com

- **Id**: 4088072
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/bachem-sr-manager-automation-engineering>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Vista, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-17T02:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-17
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T00:02:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 28
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7591
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: CRO & CDMO Services, APIs & Drug Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 1821024
- **Name**: Bachem
- **Domain**: bachem.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/bachem>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 139280
- **Max**: 191510
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 191510

## Technologies

- **21 CFR Part 11** — Optional: no
- **CAPA** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **MS SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 28

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Management years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T19:28:31Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 43
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.779
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 26
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:8, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 191510
- **Is top pay**: yes

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