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Senior Automation Engineer

Beckman Coulter

Beckman Coulter

Software Engineering
Marlborough, MA, USA
Posted on May 31, 2025

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Sr. Automation Engineer is responsible for developing scalable, high-performance automation solutions using platforms such as Rockwell Automation PlantPAx to support new product development for the next generation of our equipment.

This position reports to the Sr. Manager, Automation and is part of the Automation Engineering team located in Marlborough, MA and will be an on-site role.

What you’ll do:

  • Generate detailed requirements for automation products to be developed utilizing Rockwell Automation PlantPAx DCS platform.
  • Lead and perform the detailed design for the New Product Introduction.
  • Develop as well as lead the activities of other’s in programming controllers, configuring SCADA/HMI applications, S-88 batch systems according to design and performance specifications.
  • Establish process automation system test plans to determine compliance with functional and design requirements.
  • Design and author methods and processes to deploy, install, and configure customer specific control and network strategies.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering) and at least 12 years of technical experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical or equivalent automated process industries
  • Experience in the programming of Rockwell PlantPAx DCS tools and components including Logix controllers, FT-View SCADA/HMI, FT-Batch and OSI/PI continuous historian.
  • Comprehensive understanding and strong hands-on development experience of application development and system/hardware integration

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • PLC/DCS/SCADA experience with Rockwell PlantPAx.
  • Experience working with DevOps.
  • Agile.

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

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