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Automation Engineer
Pfizer INC · 🇺🇸 United States - North Carolina - Rocky Mount
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
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 40 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 9 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 Pfizer INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “SENIOR VALIDATION ENGINEER” (Industrial Engineers) in WA: $96k–$117k, median $107k. Most were filed at wage level I (50%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% 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.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Pfizer INC
The US Department of Labor certified 40 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 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Use Your Power for Purpose Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need, precisely when they need them. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team, you'll play a key role in accelerating the delivery of medicines to the world. Your innovative ideas and proactive actions will help us imagine new possibilities and bring them to life, ensuring that vital medications reach those in need more swiftly and efficiently. Your contributions will be instrumental in enhancing manufacturing information systems, boosting success rates, and ensuring zero downtime. By integrating manufacturing processes, operational knowledge, equipment control, and data into cohesive systems, you will enforce seamless operations across various departments. Your dedication will be pivotal in meeting project objectives and goals, fostering a collaborative team environment, and driving your colleagues towards success. The Automation Engineer is a member of the Site Digital & Automation Team and is responsible for supporting automation operations, maintenance, and lifecycle activities for site automation and digital systems supporting manufacturing operations. This role provides hands-on technical support to ensure production continuity, system reliability, validated state, and regulatory compliance, working closely with Operations, Engineering, and Core Digital & Automation partners. What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: • Support day-to-day operation and technical performance of production-critical automation and digital systems to maintain system reliability and production continuity. • Troubleshoot automation system issues and support investigations, deviations, unplanned events, escalation, recovery, and root-cause data gathering. • Maintain automation systems in a validated and compliant state by following established change management, validation, engineering, and documentation practices. • Develop and maintain lifecycle documentation, including standard operating procedures, system specifications, change records, incident documentation, and resolution steps. • Operate and support control systems and automation infrastructure, including DCS, PLC, SCADA, HMI, and PC-based production systems. • Support the installation, testing, commissioning, and implementation of automation system and software changes using approved processes and coding standards. • Participate in business continuity planning, system recovery testing, regulatory inspections, and audits to support operational resilience and compliance. • Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Digital and Automation partners on cross-functional problem-solving, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance system reliability and performance. • Execute Good Manufacturing Practices and verification protocols. • Provide continuous 24x7x365 support for automation systems. • Monitor and identify issues to develop preventative solutions. • Support the development of Preventive Maintenance Procedures for process control systems. • Adhere to safe work practices consistently. • Contribute to project milestones, organize work to meet deadlines, and communicate progress and issues to peers. • Learn and apply basic team effectiveness skills within the immediate Work Team. • Make decisions to resolve basic problems with limited options and decision-making authority, under supervisor's direction. • Work in a structured environment using established procedures, seeking guidance from colleagues, with regular reviews for technical judgment, completeness, and accuracy, relying