Senior Automation Engineer - IT/OT Integration at Novo Nordisk Engineering (Denmark - )

Senior Automation Engineer – IT/OT Integration at Novo Nordisk Engineering

If you’re energised by integrating IT and OT systems in large-scale pharma projects, we’d love to hear from you.

We are a leading pharma engineering company shaping the future of API pharma engineering globally. Leveraging the expertise of 2,000+ employees across Denmark, India, and the US, we design, build and optimise pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities that are essential to the health and well-being of patients everywhere.

Our success is driven by passion, innovation, and collaboration — with our customers and across our teams and disciplines. If you share our dedication to a noble cause and our passion for API pharma engineering, then NNE is the place for you.

The PLC Systems department is a central part of our automation delivery. We work across the full project lifecycle — from early concept and design to commissioning, testing, and validation — in regulated GMP environments, with a strong focus on quality, compliance, and solutions that work in real production.

About the role
We are looking for an Automation Engineer to join our PLC Systems department. As a team, we are involved in all stages of the project lifecycle, using our deep process understanding to ensure seamless integration of control systems into pharmaceutical facilities.

In this role, your contribution will be key in designing and integrating process and logistics solutions across complex IT and OT landscapes, mainly focused in PLC & SCADA systems. You will primarily work in the execution phase of projects, while also contributing to solution design (Basic and Detailed Design) and test strategies to ensure high-quality, compliant deliveries.

You will collaborate closely with colleagues across Automation, IT, Quality, and Project Management in some of the largest pharmaceutical investments in our history.

Location Kalundborg/Virum

Experience CUSTOM.SENIORITYLEVEL

Department OU.DIVISION

How you might spend your days
As a Senior Automation Engineer, you’ll be:

• Designing and developing automation solutions both in a traditional and innovative manner
• Discussing integrations and system architectures with platforms such as PLC/SCADA, DCS, PAS-X, SAP EWM and fleet manager (automated logistics is a differential)
• Contributing to standardisation efforts and alignment with target architectures
• Documenting, testing, and verifying solutions in new and existing facilities
• Collaborating with a broad stakeholder landscape across NNE, customers, IT partners, and suppliers

Who you are
We care about who you are as a person. In the end, how you work, and your energy is what impacts the results we achieve as a team. As a person, you are:

• Enjoying working across disciplines and understanding different technical perspectives
• Taking a structured approach to complex tasks and changing priorities
• Comfortable collaborating with many stakeholders in project environments
• Showing curiosity and openness toward new technologies and ways of working
• Motivated to contribute to and grow with the NNE culture of innovation

What you bring to the role
In all positions, there are some things that are preferred, and others, a bonus. If you do not meet all the qualifications listed below, you are welcome to offer alternative experience that you think would be valuable in this role:

• Experience working with automated and complex data structures in pharma industrial environments.
• Automated warehouse and logistics are a differential.
• Understanding of integration between IT and OT systems, including ERP, MES, and DCS/PCS layers
• Experience with system integration testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting
• Experience with industrial networks, communication protocols such as OPC-UA and Profinet, and control systems such as PLC/SCADA (Siemens, GE, Aveva, etc)
• Knowledge of GMP / GAMP requirements in pharmaceutical or other regulated industries
• Experience with OT security and IT requirements for integration into corporate IT Domains

Life at NNE
NNE is short for Novo Nordisk Engineering. And for all of us who work here, NNE means so much more.

At NNE, you become part of a vibrant, project-based environment built on close day-to-day collaboration. The role is therefore primarily on-site, with physical presence at the workplace expected five days a week. Limited flexibility for occasional remote work may be accommodated in line with business needs.

We are, at our core, a people business and, as such, committed to continuously developing our people and the way we work together. We do not expect you to know it all from day one, and we truly believe a great start makes a real difference. We therefore welcome new colleagues with our award-nominated onboarding programme, supported by a range of in-house talent and development initiatives designed to support your long-term growth.

You can read more about the benefits we offer



Did we spark your curiosity? If you’re ready to join our passion, let’s hear from you.

Questions before applying? Send us a quick text to arrange a convenient time to chat. Contact Manager Cristiano Behringer Ferrari at Se telefonnummer på jobbank.dk or Director Christian Dræby Sessingø at Se telefonnummer på jobbank.dk.

Please note:

• We only accept applications submitted through our online recruitment system
• You do not need to attach a cover letter, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume or CV
• We invite to interviews on a running basis.

Fair hiring:
At NNE, we are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunities for all job applicants. To maintain fairness, we request that you refrain from including a personal photo in your CV.

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Application Deadline: 9/1/2026

Location: Denmark -