Technical Specialist

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the design, engineering, and delivery of ABB 800xA and Digital Solutions for customers in the Specialty Chemicals and Life Sciences industries.

The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite

This role is contributing to the Process Automation Business Area in Bangalore, India. Main stakeholders include Project Lead Engineers, Automation Engineering Teams, Sales & Business Development Teams, Customers, System Integrators, and Manufacturing Operations personnel across Life Sciences and Specialty Chemicals industries.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Deliver and support ABB Ability™ System 800xA, including Batch, Historian, and Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) solutions for Life Sciences and Specialty Chemicals customers.
• Design and integrate automation and digital systems across Purdue Levels 2–4, including MES, OPC UA, reporting, and data management solutions.
• Implement and maintain secure, reliable system infrastructure through backup management, WSUS patching, and cybersecurity practices aligned with IEC 62443 standards.
• Drive engineering excellence by leveraging AI-assisted engineering, scripting, Git, and Azure-based tools to improve efficiency, quality, and standardization.
• Support business growth through technical proposal development, solution architecture, customer presentations, effort estimation, and identification of digitalization, lifecycle, and upgrade opportunities

Qualifications for the role:

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Computer Science, or a related Engineering discipline.
• You have 6+ years of experience in DCS engineering, including hands-on expertise with ABB Ability™ System 800xA and at least one other DCS platform.
• You possess strong knowledge of 800xA Batch, Historian, MOM, MES integration, and OPC UA-based connectivity across Purdue Levels 2–4.
• You have experience delivering Pharma/Life Sciences automation projects and are familiar with GxP validation requirements.
• You have a solid understanding of industrial cybersecurity, system backups, WSUS administration, and secure control system infrastructure.
• You are proficient in AI-assisted engineering, scripting (Python, VB Script, VBA), and version control tools such as Git.
• You have exposure to Azure/Azure DevOps, VMware ESXi, Active Directory, and server administration in industrial environments.
• You have experience supporting pre-sales activities, including technical proposals, solution architecture, effort estimation, and customer presentations. Exposure to Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Refining, or Petrochemical industries will be an added advantage.

More about us:

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

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