Merck KGaA Posted September 11, 2026

Expert OT System Engineer

Guidonia Montecelio, Rome, Italy FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role

Join our team in Guidonia, Italy, as an expert OT System Engineer dedicated to supporting, maintaining, and advancing the site's Operational Technology landscape. In this pivotal position, you will drive project delivery, lifecycle management, system availability, and compliance for critical manufacturing and laboratory infrastructure. Partnering with local and global stakeholders, you will spearhead digitalization initiatives, optimize system integrations, and champion robust OT cybersecurity practices across all operations. Your expertise will directly ensure operational resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and strict adherence to regulatory standards. Shape the future of industrial automation, enhance network reliability, and elevate site capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Who You Are

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or 6+ years relevant experience).

3+ years in industrial automation, OT manufacturing, or process control.

Skilled in industrial networks, server infrastructure, and virtualization.

Strong knowledge of OT cybersecurity, risk management, and disaster recovery.

Proven analytical skills to troubleshoot complex systems independently.

Strong collaborator with solid cross-functional stakeholder management.

Fluent in Italian and English, both written and spoken.

Salary Package:

Annual Base Salary (RAL):   €40.000 - €55.000

Categoria CCNL: C - B

Variable Compensation (AIP)

Welfare and Benefits Package

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Guidonia Montecelio, Rome, Italy
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 3428 comparable Manufacturing & CMC roles across 175 biopharma companies.

3428Comparable roles tracked
3174Currently active
175Companies hiring similar roles
61Countries represented

Salary context

813 of 3428 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Operator – Plant Utilities · Lilly $13/hr – $28/hr (≈ $26,998–$58,302/yr)
Highest disclosed · Head of Analytical Development · ModernaTX, Inc. $272,200/yr – $490,100/yr
Peer group range $42,650 – $381,150 (median $127,400)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 3428 comparable roles

United States1571
Germany211
India155
France149
Ireland129
China125

+ 55 more countries

Seniority mix

1516 of 3428 peers have a known seniority level

Senior408
Manager359
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc208
Associate149
Principal129
Associate Director105
Director104
Senior Director48
Executive/VP6

Therapeutic area mix

22 of 3428 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease13
Rare Disease3
Dermatology & Aesthetics2
Oncology2
Immunology1
Respiratory1

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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.