Principal Developer (Siemens OpCenter)

Overview

Principal Developer for Siemens OpCenter at GSK's Enterprise Systems team, designing, developing, testing and supporting Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions using Siemens OpCenter Execution Pharma.

What you'll do

• Design, configure, develop, and implement MES solutions using Siemens OpCenter Execution Pharma.
• Translate business and manufacturing requirements into technical solutions by developing and maintaining system integrations, database objects, and custom applications that support operational and business needs.
• Perform testing, deployment, and validation activities to ensure system reliability and compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve MES application issues and provide production support.
• Collaborate with business users, project teams, and vendors to deliver MES projects while leveraging approved development and AI-assisted tools to enhance productivity, solution quality, and project outcomes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, and support materials.
• Contribute to standardization, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with GxP, data integrity, cybersecurity, and company standards while providing technical guidance, expertise, and knowledge sharing to support team capability and consistent system practices.
• Participate in system upgrades, enhancements, and lifecycle management activities.
• Develop expertise across MES platforms, software technologies, and AI tools to effectively support and deliver solutions across multiple MES systems.
• Use AI-assisted development as the default way of coding, testing, reviewing and documenting, and validate all AI-generated output for quality, security, data integrity and GxP before release.
• Implement version control and automated build, test, and deployment practices where supported, achieving improved release quality and deployment efficiency.
• Monitor production performance, proactively identify and eliminate root causes of issues, reducing recurring incidents and improving system reliability and availability.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Automation, Data, Life Sciences or a relevant technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Relevant technical, AI, cloud, integration, automation, data, validation, cyber security or engineering certifications.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on technical engineering experience in complex enterprise or operational technology environments.
• Experience in leading MES solution delivery across products, platforms and sites.
• Experience in software development, database technologies, system integrations and industrial connectivity solutions within MES or manufacturing environments.
• Experience in technical review, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Experience in coordinating teams and vendors to deliver compliant and reliable solutions.
• Experience in managing technical risk, ensuring data integrity and compliance, and supporting audits and inspections.
• Experience in working with AI-assisted development tools and applying validation, security, compliance and quality controls for software delivery.
• Experience in mentoring engineers and supporting best practices and standardisation.

Nice to have

• Experience in problem-solving, technical leadership and communication.
• Experience in developing solution designs, managing technical documentation and supporting compliant system delivery.
• Experience in integrations, data management, security, quality and change control processes.
• Experience in collaborating across teams, mentoring engineers and supporting standardisation, automation and continuous improvement.