Teamlead Software Engineering – Pharma/Chemie (m/w/d) 80–100%
VTU
About the role
About
Du brennst für Automatisierung in der Pharma- und Chemiebranche und willst nicht nur mitgestalten, sondern Verantwortung übernehmen?
Dann ist diese Rolle wie für dich gemacht: Als Teamlead Software Engineering PCS 7 übernimmst du die technische und organisatorische Führung unseres Softwareportfolios – von Baseload über Projekte bis hin zu Pikett und Engineeringstandards. Du bist die zentrale Schnittstelle zwischen unserem Schweizer Standort und dem Corporate Department in Österreich und bringst regulatorische Anforderungen, Kundenbedürfnisse und technische Exzellenz in Einklang.
Your Tasks:
- Portfolio & Line Responsibility: You are responsible for our PCS 7 software portfolio (Baseload & Projects), prioritize, plan capacities, assign Lead Engineers/PLs, and ensure delivery capability.
- Team Building & Leadership: You will expand the software engineering team (hiring, coaching, skill management) and develop people and methods.
- Interface Corporate Department (AT): Our templates & libraries are provided by the Corporate Department in Austria. You will orchestrate adoption, versioning, rollout in CH and coordinate AT resources in Swiss mandates.
- Customer Coordination in Switzerland is your responsibility.
- CSV Partnership: In close cooperation with CSV, you will deliver holistic solutions.
- From regulated chemical applications to GxP projects in pharma (GAMP 5, Annex 11/21 CFR Part 11).
- Baseload & On-Call: You will lead the on-call service technically/organizationally (duty roster, escalations, KPI) and act as 3rd-level sparring for critical incidents.
- Standards & Quality: Governance for engineering standards (CFC/SFC/SCL, WinCC, Naming), reviews, test strategy; documentation (URS/FS/FDS) as well as FAT/SAT; support with IQ/OQ.
Your Profile:
- Completed studies in automation technology, electrical engineering, computer science, or a comparable technical field.
- Many years of experience with Siemens PCS 7 (engineering & commissioning), proficient in CFC/SFC, SCL, WinCC, S7-410, Batch/S88.
- Understanding of the DCS architecture (HW/SW layers, networks, redundancies, virtualization/backups, OT basics).
- You have experience in the technical and organizational leadership of engineering teams.
- You motivate, develop, and coach employees, communicate clearly, and take responsibility in complex project situations.
- You are customer-oriented and resilient.
- You understand how production processes work and can logically translate them into automation solutions.
- Very good German and English skills.
- Advantageous:
- MES knowledge and interface understanding (e.g., Historian, LIMS, EBR).
- Practical experience in regulated environments (GAMP 5, Annex 11/21 CFR Part 11).
- OT Security (IEC 62443), Profibus/Profinet, migration/modernization projects.
- FDS experience: You have not only implemented FDS but also authored them yourself.
Our Offer:
- Secure job with varied and demanding tasks
- Freedom for initiative and the opportunity to contribute individual strengths
- Appreciative work environment with flat hierarchies and a lived "DU-culture"
- Flexible working hours (no core hours) as well as home office option
- VTU Academy with internal and external training opportunities
- Individual career and development opportunities (e.g., in organizational terms as well as a technical/expert career)
- Pension benefits and health measures
- Lunch and REKA checks
Contact
Valeria Navarretta Office Muttenz Tramstrasse 99 CH - 4132 Muttenz
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