AstraZeneca
Instrument & Controls Engineer
$102K–$152K
US - Frederick - MD · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- No minimum years of experience stated as an essential requirement. Desired: 8-10 years experience with process instrumentation and industrial automation.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline; Associate degree combined with significant directly relevant experience may be considered.
About the job
Owns and supports instrumentation across manufacturing, laboratory, utility, and facility systems, ensuring reliable operation, compliant configuration, and lifecycle management.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot instruments and interfaces with control, automation, and building management systems; lead technical response to failures.
- Specify, configure, maintain, and document instruments, including approved configuration records and recoverable backups.
- Support maintenance, calibration, projects, commissioning, qualification, change control, and collaboration across engineering and operations teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Automation Engineering, or a related discipline; an Associate degree combined with significant directly relevant experience may be considered.
- Comprehensive knowledge of industrial instrumentation, control-system interfaces, measurement principles, installation practices, and failure modes.
- Ability to select practical, reliable, maintainable, and compliant instrumentation for complex process and facility applications.
- Understanding of GMP, validated systems, data integrity, change control, deviation management, and good documentation practices.
Nice to have
- Experience with DeltaV, Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers, Allen-Bradley PowerFlex or comparable variable-frequency drives, and industrial automation networks.
- ISA Certified Control Systems Technician certification or comparable professional certification.
Pay
$5101,643 - $152,464 (base pay)
Tools
DeltaV, Rockwell, Siemens EMS/BMS, HART, Foundation Fieldbus, DeviceNet, EtherNet/IP, Modbus
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