MES Recipe Author

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Collaborate within team members to embody our Mission daily in order to empower our clients to nurture a healthier, cleaner, and safer world. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Job Title: MES Recipe Author – Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Location: Hyderabad, India

About the Role

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific’s PSG IT CoE at Hyderabad and help redefine how digital manufacturing powers life-changing therapies. This position is responsible for designing, developing, validating, and maintaining electronic manufacturing recipes within the Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The primary responsibility of this role is to verify the accuracy of all recipes and workflows to match current production methods and meet cGMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, and company quality criteria. Collaborates with process engineers, manufacturing, and IT to convert batch process requirements into approved electronic records and automated workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and configure MES recipes using Rockwell PharmaSuite or comparable systems.
• Interpret process specifications to develop scalable, validated electronic batch records.
• Collaborate with process engineering, production, and quality teams to collect process details, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and master batch records (MBRs).
• Convert paper-based or existing procedures into organized MES workflows to ensure accurate data and adherence to regulations
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and engineering teams to improve efficiency and compliance.
• Maintain documentation and configuration logs aligned with GxP and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
• Lead recipe optimization initiatives that improve standardization and audit readiness.
• Deliver practical training and support to increase user adoption and system maturity.
• Maintain lifecycle documentation including design specifications, configuration documentation, and change controls.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance recipe authoring efficiency, standardization, and reuse of recipe templates.
• Support troubleshooting and resolution of recipe execution issues in production environments.
• Collaborate with system administrators to handle version control, releases, and environment synchronization for MES.
• Participate in global MES deployment or upgrade projects as a subject matter authority in recipe design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Experience authoring MES recipes, preferably in Rockwell PharmaSuite.
• Understanding of GMP, GxP, and data-integrity principles.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Strengths You'll Need

• Diligent approach with a strong focus on processes.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Streamlined communication across different departments including Production, Quality Control, and Information Technology.

• Ability to lead multiple recipe projects in parallel under agreed timelines.

• Commitment to data integrity and right-first-time execution.

Preferred Certifications

• Rockwell FTPS Recipe Authoring Certification (if applicable)

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Lean Manufacturing Certification

• GAMP5 Practitioner / CSV training credentials

Why Join Us

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, your work results into discoveries that improve lives. You’ll learn from global experts, explore innovative technologies, and grow in an inclusive environment where innovation thrives. Ready to shape the next era of digital manufacturing? Apply today!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As a united team of over 100,000 colleagues, we uphold a shared set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement - collaborating to advance research, tackle complex scientific obstacles, promote technological progress, and aid patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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