PHARMAFull time
Principal Tech Engineer – Site Serialisation Systems
By Admin · IT & Software in Life Sciences
BENGALURU (IN)ONSITEPOSTED: 11/1/2026
PHARMAFull time
HIRING ORGANIZATIONGSKPharmaceuticals / Healthcare / Life Sciences
ROLE OVERVIEW
GSK is recruiting a Principal Tech Engineer to lead technical work on site serialisation systems within its PIMMS Manufacturing Track & Trace product. The position is hands-on, spanning solution design, validation, implementation and the resolution of complex integration failures across multiple manufacturing sites.
ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES
- •Implement technical solution designs and configurations in line with approved architecture and product strategy.
- •Take ownership of technical quality for the assigned scope, including specifications, design documentation, configuration records and validation evidence.
- •Troubleshoot and perform root-cause analysis, escalating in good time where manufacturing batches, product quality, patient supply or data integrity may be at risk.
- •Design or configure interfaces, workflows, recipes, data models and environments, including site serialisation integrations, and write or review the related specifications and test scripts.
- •Keep configurations, interface mappings and scripts under version control, subject changes to peer review and verify them through repeatable automated or scripted tests with traceable evidence.
- •Own the technical reliability of site serialisation systems, covering monitoring, recoverability, obsolescence and technical debt, and fix root causes so incidents do not recur.
- •Convert existing serialisation knowledge into runbooks, integration patterns, troubleshooting guides and technical documentation to build capability across engineering teams.
- •Lead technical design and implementation across multiple projects, releases or sites, and set direction and acceptance criteria for vendors, integrators and managed service partners.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 7+ years of hands-on technical engineering experience in complex enterprise or operational technology environments.
- Experience with GxP-regulated manufacturing systems, preferably including demonstrable hands-on pharmaceutical serialisation / Track & Trace engineering covering production troubleshooting.
- Experience in Agile or product engineering environments, including translating operational problems into backlog items and partnering with product teams through lifecycle ownership.
- Experience leading technical design and implementation for a product family, platform, programme or multiple sites.
- Experience maintaining configurations, interface mappings and scripts under version control, conducting peer reviews and running repeatable automated or scripted tests with traceable evidence.
- Experience reviewing and approving specifications, design documents, configurations, test scripts and technical validation evidence.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex troubleshooting and root-cause investigations across systems, interfaces, workflows, data and infrastructure.
- Experience coordinating internal engineers, site teams, vendors and specialist partners through design, deployment and stabilisation.
- Experience assessing technical risk and ensuring security, data integrity, resilience, compliance and supportability requirements are met.
- Experience coaching engineers and translating lessons learned into reusable standards, patterns and knowledge.
- Experience supporting audits, inspections or formal technical assurance activities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- •Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- •Ability to translate architecture and product direction into clear technical designs and implementation activities.
- •Clear technical writing and disciplined maintenance of specifications, designs, test evidence and configuration records.
- •Understanding of interfaces, workflows, data, environments, monitoring and operational support.
- •Awareness of security, quality, validation, data integrity, resilience and change controls.
- •Ability to collaborate across global business, site, engineering, architecture, product, service and supplier teams.
- •Practical use of AI-assisted development, agent-based workflows and prompt templates for engineering, testing, documentation and support within Responsible AI, data privacy, cyber security and GxP controls.
- •Technical leadership and the ability to challenge designs constructively.
- •Coaching and knowledge-transfer capability.
- •Confidence communicating technical risk and recommendations to governance and senior stakeholders.
REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS
GxP-regulated manufacturing systems
Pharmaceutical serialisation / Track & Trace engineering
Interface, workflow, recipe and data model design
Configuration and version control
Peer review of technical changes
Automated and scripted testing
Root-cause analysis
Technical documentation and specifications
Agile product engineering
Technical risk assessment
Vendor and system integrator coordination
COMPENSATION & REWARDS
Salary: Competitive / Disclosed upon candidate shortlisting
ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE
GSK is a pharmaceutical company. Its Digital & Tech Enterprise Systems group delivers and runs digital platforms for global functions and manufacturing, including the PIMMS Manufacturing Track & Trace product that supports site serialisation.
TEAM SIZE: 70,000+ employees
INDUSTRY: Pharmaceuticals / Healthcare / Life Sciences
APPLICATION ADVISORY
Lead with concrete evidence of hands-on pharmaceutical serialisation or Track & Trace work, especially production troubleshooting and complex integration failures you diagnosed yourself. Show how you have kept configurations and interface mappings under version control, produced traceable validation evidence, and accepted or rejected vendor designs against GxP and architecture standards. Mention any experience supporting audits, inspections or formal technical assurance for regulated site systems.
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