Sr. Automation Engineer

About the role

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career. The Sr. Automation & Control Engineering is responsible for the design, development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of instrument/electrical and automation control systems. Focus is on mathematical modelling of systems of a diverse nature, analyzing their dynamic behavior, and using control theory to create a controller that will cause the systems to behave in a desired manner. May specialize in the design, configuration, and automation of systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation and capital projects from concept through validation, including requirements development, system design, vendor coordination, installation, commissioning, and compliance with cGMP requirements.
• Design, program, troubleshoot, and optimize manufacturing automation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, inspection systems, and process controls.
• Partner with production teams to improve equipment reliability, throughput, quality, safety, and operational efficiency while providing advanced technical support for complex issues.
• Manage capital projects and budgets (up to approximately $2M), develop business justifications, control costs, and make equipment and technology recommendations.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation including Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), qualification protocols (IQ/OQ/PQ), SOPs, change controls, risk assessments, and CAPA-related automation improvements.
• Serve as the technical lead for manufacturing automation initiatives, driving continuous improvement, validation activities, and implementation of new or upgraded production, utility, compounding, filling, and packaging systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc. +6 yrs; M.S. +0 yrs).
• Ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English.
• 2 years of relevant experience.
• Sponsorship: None.

Qualifications

• Prior Project Management Experience.
• Prior experience managing external vendors.
• Familiarity with scheduling software (Microsoft Project, Primavera, Revit, ProCore, etc.).

Schedule

1st Shift (8:00am–5:00pm CST) Monday – Friday.

Location

Onsite – Fort Worth, TX (North Mfg).

Travel

Up to 10% (International & Domestic).

Benefits

Robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and more.