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Site Robotics Expert
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 Huningue
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Expert Science & Technology” (Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers) in NC: $113k–$113k, median $113k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Sponsor Radar — Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Salary Range: €44,000.00 - €81,800.00 Job Description Summary Location: Huningue, France #LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office Internal job title: DDIT OPS Robotics Expert ITOT The Site Robotics Expert leads the robotics transformation of the Drug Substance manufacturing site in Huningue, driving the development, implementation, scaling, and lifecycle management of robotics solutions across manufacturing, laboratories, warehousing, and material handling. The role combines deep robotics expertise with strategic leadership, program management, and stakeholder engagement to improve productivity, quality, safety, and operational excellence while ensuring GMP, validation, data integrity, and cybersecurity compliance. As the site subject matter expert, the role connects emerging robotics technologies and the external innovation ecosystem with operational needs, translating opportunities into standardized, deployable, and sustainable solutions in close collaboration with local and global stakeholders, Engineering, Operations, Quality, IT/OT, Procurement, and technology partners. Job Description Key Responsibilities: • Strategy and roadmap: Develop, own, and continuously refresh the site robotics strategy and roadmap, identifying high-value opportunities and aligning priorities with site objectives and relevant global standards. • End-to-end delivery: Lead robotics initiatives from opportunity assessment, feasibility, and business case development through design, implementation, qualification, deployment, adoption, and value realization. • Solution lifecycle ownership: Ensure sustainable operation of robotics solutions through clear ownership, support models, maintenance, performance optimization, upgrades, obsolescence management, and replacement planning. • Technology evaluation and scouting: Assess, select, and deploy technologies including AMRs, AGVs, industrial and collaborative robots, automated material handling, service robots, computer vision, automated inspection, AI-enabled robotics, and emerging Physical AI solutions. • Requirements and standardization: Define and own User Requirement Specifications (URSs), technical standards, integration principles, and reusable deployment packages, differentiating common site requirements from use-case-specific needs. • Robotics catalog: Own and maintain a site robotics catalog covering solution availability, maturity, readiness, ownership, technical characteristics, and deployment status. • Governance and performance: Establish robotics governance, decision criteria, standards, portfolio visibility, and performance monitoring. Provide regular progress reporting to the relevant site governance and technical forums. • Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with Manufacturing, Laboratories, Warehousing, Engineering, Quality, HSE, IT/OT, Procurement, global robotics experts, and end users to ensure solutions are fit for purpose, scalable, and adopted. • Vendor and partner management: Evaluate supplier capability and performance; support Procurement in selecting and managing approved partners; coordinate vendor support and foster external innovation partnerships. • Compliance and risk management: Ensure compliance with GMP, validation and qualification requirements, ALCOA+ data integrity principles, machinery and operational safety, cybersecurity standards, and inspection-readiness expectations. • Capability building and adoption: Act as the site robotics subject matter expert, build internal capabilities, support change and training activities, and capture operational feedback to improve subsequent roadmap cycles. • Financial and portfolio stewardship: Contribute to budget and project-pipeline management, support investment prioritization, and track delivery of productivity and o