Senior Automation Engineer

Job description

Title: Senior Automation Engineer

Location: London, United Kingdom

Industry: Pharma

About the Company

Our client is a UK-based advanced manufacturing organisation operating within highly regulated markets. The business designs and manufactures precision-engineered products for global customers, with a strong focus on automation, digital manufacturing, and operational excellence.

Following continued investment in manufacturing capability, the company is expanding its automated production capacity and strengthening its engineering team.

The culture is engineering-led, collaborative, and improvement-focused, offering senior engineers the opportunity to influence manufacturing strategy and deliver impactful technical projects.

The Role

As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in the development, optimisation, and scale-up of high-volume automated manufacturing systems. Working closely with operations, quality, and product teams, you will deliver automation projects that improve performance while ensuring full compliance within a regulated manufacturing environment.

This is a hands-on senior role combining automation, manufacturing engineering, and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead automation and manufacturing engineering projects across high-volume production lines
• Design, implement, and optimise automated assembly and process control solutions
• Support the industrialisation of new products, transitioning designs into stable, scalable manufacturing processes
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on quality, throughput, yield, and cost
• Act as a technical authority for process changes, validation activities, and risk assessments
• Lead structured root-cause problem-solving and implement sustainable corrective actions
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure compliance with regulated manufacturing standards
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering and production team

About You

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in Automation, Electrical, Controls, or Manufacturing Engineering
• Significant experience in automated, high-volume manufacturing environments
• Background in medical devices, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, or similarly regulated industries
• Proven project delivery experience across the full engineering lifecycle
• Strong understanding of process validation, change control, and manufacturing compliance
• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma or structured continuous improvement methodologies
• Comfortable operating as a senior technical contributor in a fast-paced environment

What’s On Offer

• Senior role with real influence over automation strategy and manufacturing capability
• Opportunity to work on complex, regulated production systems
• Long-term career development within an engineering-led organisation
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Sounds interesting?

C.Wilson@x4lifesciences.com

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English