# Automation Engineer (m/w/d) Track & Trace

**Company**: Pfizer
**Location**: Freiburg
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As an Automation Engineer (m/w/d) Track & Trace at Pfizer's Freiburg site, you will be part of the local Digital & Automation team. Your primary focus will be on Track & Trace systems for our packaging lines, ensuring smooth production operations, high equipment availability, and compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements.

**Responsibilities:**

- Support production and technical teams in ensuring system availability and production continuity

- Rapidly respond to faults and deviations, performing error and data analysis, escalation, and restart

- Collaborate with site and global support teams, documenting faults, measures, and solutions

- Operate and maintain line and site systems, including SPS, SCADA, HMI, industrial PCs, inline printers, and camera systems for code verification

- Monitor data exchange from the line to the ERP system (e.g., SAP ATTP) and regulatory reporting portals

- Implement new requirements and system changes, ensuring validation and GMP compliance

- Participate in installation, testing, and commissioning

- Administer serialization systems to ensure validated and GMP-compliant status

- Create and maintain system documentation (e.g., SOPs, specifications, and change documentation)

**Requirements:**

- Completed bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation Technology, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a comparable qualification

- Experience with automation systems and plants (e.g., SPS, HMI/SCADA, PC-based controls)

- Willingness to work according to GMP, change management, and documentation guidelines

- Analytical, solution-oriented, and independent work style with enthusiasm for cross-functional collaboration

- Excellent German and good English language skills in writing and speaking

**Benefits:**

- Fair compensation according to the IGBCE collective agreement

- Attractive pension and numerous other benefits

**Our Culture:**

At Pfizer, we stand for breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Our values are Courage, Excellence, Equity & Joy.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Automation Technology
- Mechatronics
- Computer Science
- GMP
- Change Management
- Documentation
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Collaboration
- German
- English language

### Nice to have
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or regulated sector
- Knowledge of GAMP guidelines
- Track & Trace or serialization solutions
- Image processing
- Labeling technology
- Industrial networks and interfaces
- SAP ATTP/ICH

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