DCS System Engineer

Be the technical backbone of our DCS platform powering API manufacturing – and help ensure life-saving medicines reach patients around the world.

Your new role

As a DCS System Engineer, you will take technical ownership of a DCS system within the DCS Centre of Excellence (CoE) in API IT. This is a hands-on engineering role at the core of our production landscape, where your expertise directly supports manufacturing and business continuity in a regulated environment.

You will work with ABB 800xA platforms and be responsible for maintaining stable, compliant, and high-performing systems while collaborating across IT, automation, and production.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• System operations & lifecycle management: Ensure stable operation, maintenance, access control, backups, and disaster recovery readiness of ABB 800xA systems
• Change & upgrade management: Perform impact assessments, manage configurations, coordinate upgrades, and support deviation and CAPA handling
• Integrations across IT/OT landscape: Maintain and support interfaces between 800xA and surrounding systems such as MES, SAP/EWM, PAT, and PI
• Incident handling & technical support: Provide Level 2 support, troubleshoot system and integration issues, and collaborate with vendors such as ABB for escalations
• Vendor & stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with vendors and internal stakeholders across QA, production, IT, and automation to ensure system performance and compliance

In this role, you will combine deep technical expertise with structured problem-solving in a highly regulated and business-critical environment.

Your new department

You will join Global Manufacturing & Supply (GMS), covering the full value chain from early development to marketed products. With more than 30,000 colleagues globally, we are committed to scaling processes and delivering high-quality, life-saving medicines.

Within GMS, API IT ensures the stability, security, and continuous improvement of the digital backbone supporting API manufacturing. You will become part of the DCS CoE – a team of skilled engineers and system managers who value technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and reliability.

Our work environment is collaborative and purpose-driven, where every stable system and successful integration contributes directly to patient supply.

Your skills and qualifications

We are looking for a technically strong and solution-oriented engineer who thrives on ownership and complex problem-solving across infrastructure and integrations.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Educational background: BSc or MSc within IT, Engineering, or a related field
• Relevant experience: 3–5+ years working with ABB 800xA systems (configuration, operation, support, or development)
• Technical expertise: Strong understanding of DCS and OT architecture, including servers, clients, networking, access management, monitoring, and lifecycle handling
• Integration knowledge: Experience working with interfaces between automation and IT/OT systems, including data flows, protocols, and error handling
• Professional capabilities: Structured troubleshooting approach, strong stakeholder communication skills, ability to work under pressure in incident scenarios, and fluency in English

Experience from regulated environments (e.g. cGMP or GAMP) will be considered a strong advantage.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Salary: For this role, the Annual Base Salary ranges from DKK 570.000 to 838.100, corresponding to the level of the position. The placement within the salary range will be assessed during the recruitment process based on the candidate’s skills, competencies, knowledge, and relevant experience.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.

Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here

Contact

For further information about the position, please contact Senior Manager Liana Møsbæk at lmok@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

03 August 2026

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.