Advisor - Engineering - IDM

Lilly IDM Engineering Team Technical Leadership

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. At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

This position will provide technical leadership within the IDM Engineering team to lead aspects of scope development, design, delivery, and optimization of Device Platform for the IDM and Device network, new product commercialization, capacity expansion, and ongoing operations. The role is responsible to identify and ensure requirements for new products and processes are established with a focus on automated process assembly. This role also provides leadership for manufacturing platform consistency and continuous improvement and serves as the responsible engineer defined in local quality practices.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

This role is positioned as a senior technical resource supporting commercialization and manufacturing. The following list represents areas of responsibility across product lifecycle:

• Commercialization
  • Perform Design for Manufacturability reviews; consult with and influence the Device R&D team to develop component designs that are compatible with the requirements of automated assembly and the scale of required production.
  • Assure that tolerances, orientation features, materials, part interaction, ability to feed are appropriate for application.
  • Lead and facilitate requirements, pFMEA, and control strategy generation; identify and mitigate patient risk that may arise from equipment design.
  • Generate and/or interpret the Assembly Process Specification in the context of a project to design automated assembly equipment.
  • Work with project teams to select equipment OEMs.
  • Represent the engineering function in Due Diligence activities for business development.
  • Identify and introduce new device assembly process technology strategies to optimize capital utilization and minimize time-to-volume.
  • Support and influence assembly technology development initiatives.
  • Assist or lead de-risking/proof-of-concept work for new processes or technologies.
  • Develop business case for application of technology.
• Project/Asset Delivery
  • Mentor technical team members with focus on recent campus grads and project technical leads.
  • Consult with project teams on technical strategies, technical risks, and risk mitigation.
  • Initiate and/or support proof-of-principle applications with OEM's and the CTC.
  • Serve as SME in technical studies as required to support project delivery.
  • Troubleshoot major issues arising during debug or qualification of assets.
  • Participate in design reviews of higher risk systems and/or those requested from the project team.
  • Review and approve the technical study strategy and consult on interpretation of results.
• Platform Support
  • Provide troubleshooting support to operating assembly lines globally when problems are escalated beyond local process team.
  • Participate in the platform Post Launch Optimization Team meetings.
  • Serve as identified responsible engineer for platform.
  • Maintain a working relationship with the platform Engineering and Operation associates at the assembly sites.
  • Maintain an inventory of platform assembly technology and control strategy differences across the platform.
  • Drive consistency between platform assembly lines related to process risk analysis, control strategy, and assembly technology.
  • Review and consult on technical studies and investigations as required.

Basic Requirements

Bachelors of Science in Engineering

Minimum of 10+ years of experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, or related industry working with high speed, discrete mechanical/process assembly & packaging equipment

Experience with design of automated assembly machines and asset delivery

Demonstrated ability to influence effectively across boundaries and work in a cross-discipline team (OEMs, contract manufacturers, Lilly sites, device network, etc.)

Working knowledge of GMPs and proficiency with risk management and process/equipment commissioning & qualification practices

Additional Skills/Preferences

Device assembly experience preferred

Control Strategy proficiency

Experience with IDM OEM Equipment Manufacturing Base

Previous Mentoring experience

Advanced troubleshooting

Presentation experience

Additional Information

Travel ~25%

Shift information Days: M-F 8hr

Position location LTC-N

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $114,000 - $181,500. 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.