Lilly Posted July 3, 2026

Senior Principal Engineer (R4-R6)

Concord, North Carolina, United States of America FULL_TIME
Information Technology Principal

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About this opportunity

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work, but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a Senior Principal Engineer (R4-R6) to design, develop, and support intralogistics systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Implement and maintain SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) systems. Update EWM systems to align with production goals. Perform logistics flow monitoring, support transportation management, and conduct data analytics. Support integration of EWM solutions with warehouse control systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, automated guided vehicles, manufacturing execution systems, and robotic equipment. Develop and implement system enhancements and process improvements. Develop and quantify business cases to provide input on site roadmaps and measure value gained from solution implementation. #LI-DNI

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of progressively responsible experience with identifying and resolving technical issues related to WCS systems. Experience must include a minimum of: 5 years of experience with SAP PP, QM, MM, and 3PL integrations; 3 years of experience with building solutions in an agile framework, including designing, implementing, automating, modernizing, maintaining, and optimizing solutions; and 1 year of experience with delivering EWM solutions in line with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Up to 5% domestic and international travel required. #LI-DNI

Job location: Concord, NC.

To apply, please visit https://jobsearch.lilly.com/ and enter job requisition number R-107961 when prompted. Alternatively, please send your resume, cover letter, and a copy of the ad to: Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Drop Code 1093, Indianapolis, IN 46285.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form ( https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation ) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$156,166.00 - $179,590.90 per year

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

#WeAreLilly

Job details

Seniority
Principal
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Concord, North Carolina, United States of America
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 367 comparable Principal Information Technology roles across 36 biopharma companies.

367Comparable roles tracked
343Currently active
36Companies hiring similar roles
20Countries represented

Salary context

45 of 367 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $156,166/yr – $179,591/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Data Security Engineer (Insider Risk Management – Engineering) · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · Director, Product Management · $223,642/yr – $305,200/yr
Peer group range $0 – $264,421 (median $151,100)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 367 comparable roles

India197
United States74
Spain17
Poland14
Portugal11
Greece9

+ 14 more countries

Seniority mix

367 of 367 peers have a known seniority level

Senior290
Principal49
Director28

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 367 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology1

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How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.