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Smart Manufacturing Systems Designer
Glaxosmithkline LLC · 🇺🇸 USA - Pennsylvania - Marietta
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 39 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 15 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 Glaxosmithkline LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Principal Software Engineer - DevOps” (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) in TX: $134k–$134k, median $134k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% 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 — Glaxosmithkline LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 39 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 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
The Smart Manufacturing Systems Designer is responsible for the design, implementation, lifecycle support, and continuous improvement of Smart Manufacturing solutions at the site. The role delivers value by improving Right-First-Time performance, reducing manufacturing and review lead times, increasing digital adoption on the shop floor, and enabling data-driven decision-making across Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain. The role partners with Process Owners, Operations, Quality, Tech, Automation, Global Teams, and Smart Manufacturing leadership to understand manufacturing processes and user needs and translate them into robust, user-centered digital workflows and system solutions. Working within multidisciplinary teams, the Smart Manufacturing Systems Designer supports the full solution lifecycle, from requirements elicitation and process analysis through system design, configuration, integration, testing, validation, deployment, business-as-usual support, and continuous improvement. The scope includes electronic batch records in the MES, as well as other Smart Manufacturing systems such as low-code applications, electronic checklists and logbooks, scheduling and optimization solutions, process-data platforms, system integrations, analytics, and data visualization products. The role applies an AI-first and digital mindset, using enterprise AI-enabled tools and Smart Manufacturing learning pathways to improve productivity, business outcomes, quality of deliverables, knowledge sharing, and ways of working across the site. Responsibilities This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: • Lead cross-functional teams to elicit, understand, and document business and user requirements, and translate business processes into clear, actionable system workflows. Partner with global and local teams, ask the right questions, and remove roadblocks to translate shop-floor needs into actionable requirements that can be used for system design. • Act as system designer for assigned Smart Manufacturing solutions. Translate documented workflows into robust, user-centered system designs and configured solutions across relevant Smart Manufacturing platforms, ensuring alignment with local and global functional, business, and GMP requirements. • With support from Tech and Automation, design and maintain integrations among Smart Manufacturing systems and with connected enterprise and automation systems, including MES/eBR, data historians, automation/SCADA systems, SAP ERP, and other digital manufacturing tools, ensuring reliable data flows and robust execution of business rules and automated checks. • Identify applicable use cases and define testing strategies to confirm that solutions perform as intended before deployment. Define and/or create the master data needed to support testing, deployment, and accurate system configuration. • Create and maintain GMP documentation, including user requirements, design specifications, test documentation, and validation records, to support the implementation and lifecycle management of Smart Manufacturing systems. • Execute validation testing to confirm that digital solutions meet approved user, business, functional, and regulatory requirements before go-live. • Support system deployment and go-live activities, including dry-runs, end-user training, troubleshooting, and shop-floor support, to enable effective adoption and a smooth transition to new or updated systems. • Manage business-as-usual support and drive data-informed continuous improvement of assigned systems. Perform Gemba walks, proactively collect user feedback, and use operational data to identify and implement improvements that keep solutions ef