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Amgen

Makes biotech medicines for serious illnesses

PI Historian Application Owner - Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/24/2026
$105.4k - $142.5k/yr+ Discretionary annual bonus + Stock-based long-term incentives
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's, Associate's
Holly Springs, NC, USA
In PersonOn-site in Holly Springs, North Carolina; domestic and international travel up to 25%.
IT OperationsSystem Administration, Enterprise Applications

About the job

Requirements
  • A master's degree, or a bachelor's degree and 2 years of Information Systems, Engineering, and/or information technology experience, or an associate's degree and 6 years of such experience, or a high school diploma/GED and 8 years of such experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including 2+ years demonstrating ability in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.
  • 2+ years of combined experience with Data Historian (AVEVA PI), MES (Korber), Delta V Automation platform, and/or Rockwell Platform Automation Systems.
  • 2+ years of combined experience with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
  • General experience with methods and technologies supporting manufacturing data integrations, such as SQL, web services/messaging, and data mapping, is helpful.
  • Experience working with Agile development methodologies.
  • Ability to translate strategic opportunities and emerging technology solutions into practical, executable plans, applying corporate blueprints and standards to local business needs and project requirements.
  • Ability to anticipate, evaluate, and resolve simultaneous project issues, delays, and problems using technical, project management, and business expertise.
  • Knowledge of industry standards for Software Development Life Cycle methodologies and 21 CFR Part 11.
  • General experience with computer validation and change control methodology.
  • Experience with computerized systems, including troubleshooting, reliability, and performance improvements.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and continuously align the site manufacturing data ecosystem with changing business needs and technology roadmaps.
  • Own and support Aveva PI Data Historian activities, ensuring system reliability, data integrity, and issue resolution.
  • Apply understanding of Information Systems infrastructure services, fundamentals, and operations, including storage, virtual machines, networks, and Active Directory.
  • Own and craft the design and technology of the technology ecosystem.
  • Support or be responsible for executing a portfolio of technology and automation platform projects, including portfolio planning, resource management, risk management, and financial management.
  • Track industry and technology trends and foster external networking opportunities to gain insights from other professionals in the industry.
  • Support cross-system and feasibility analyses, scope projects, prioritize deliverables, recommend solutions, and lead multiple initiatives and priorities.
  • Manage relationships with technology service owners, business partners, enterprise technology service partners, and vendors.
  • Elicit and analyze needs identified by business stakeholders and convert them into functional designs.
  • Manage technology platform activities, including system administration, troubleshooting, vendor management, platform lifecycle, and business requirements.
  • Travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.

About the company

Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Thousand Oaks, California

Founded

1980

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What believers are saying

  • Growth is broad-based: 22 products grew at least 10%, lifting June 2026 quarter revenue 10% to $10.1 billion.
  • Stock grants gained value: Amgen shares rose 27% from January to October 9, 2026, versus 10% for rival Eli Lilly.
  • Many U.S. roles are remote: 145 of Amgen's 615 U.S. job openings in October 2026 were fully remote.

What critics are saying

  • Its 2025 best seller is shrinking: cheaper copies cut bone drug Prolia's sales 32% in the June 2026 quarter.
  • MariTide, Amgen's obesity bet, faces a giant: Lilly's Mounjaro and Zepbound outsold all of Amgen in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Most tech openings are in India: 156 of Amgen's 210 information systems jobs in October 2026 were in Hyderabad.

What makes Amgen unique

  • It copies rivals' blockbusters too: Pavblu, its version of Regeneron's eye drug Eylea, sold $700 million in 2025.
  • Amgen hunts drug targets in a nation's DNA: its Icelandic unit deCODE has genetic data on two-thirds of Iceland's adults.
  • Amgen opened a U.S. cancer-drug class: Blincyto, approved in 2014, was the first to tether immune cells to cancer.

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Company News

Yahoo Finance
Oct 25th, 2026
Amgen vs Gilead: Which biotech dividend stock is the better buy, with yields of 2.2% and 2.1%?

Amgen and Gilead Sciences, two of the few big biotech companies that pay dividends, suit different kinds of income investors, according to a comparison by The Motley Fool's Keith Speights. Amgen offers a forward dividend yield above 2.2%, against slightly below 2.1% for Gilead. Gilead has the lower payout ratio, at 43.5% versus 60.9%, and the cheaper valuation: 15.6 times forward earnings against 16.7. Amgen's product sales grew 9% year over year in its latest quarter, against 8% for Gilead. It has 17 drugs on track to be blockbusters this year, versus eight for Gilead, and 29 late-stage programs. Speights favours Amgen for yield and growth, and Gilead for safety and value.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 24th, 2026
Amgen vs Johnson & Johnson: cheaper Amgen edges J&J's $94.2B revenue giant on valuation

A Motley Fool comparison of Amgen and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) favours Amgen, mainly on price. Amgen's forward price-to-earnings ratio is 19.4x, against 24.1x for J&J. In 2025, Amgen's revenue rose about 10% to $36.7 billion, with net income of $7.7 billion. J&J's revenue grew 6% to $94.2 billion, with net income of $26.8 billion and free cash flow of $19.7 billion. Amgen carries far more debt: its debt-to-equity ratio is nearly 6.3x, against about 0.6x for J&J. Three wholesalers account for 77% of its gross revenues. Amgen also struck a deal with the US government that exempts it from pharmaceutical tariffs for three years in return for price cuts on two drugs. J&J expects revenue of $101 billion this fiscal year, and Amgen expects about $37.8 billion.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
Eli Lilly vs Amgen: $65.2B revenue and 45% growth against a cheaper stock for 2026

Eli Lilly is growing far faster than Amgen, but investors pay a steep premium for it. The article's author favours Lilly for long-term investors in 2026. Lilly's FY 2025 revenue rose 45% to about $65.2 billion, with net income of $20.6 billion and a 32% net margin. Amgen's revenue grew about 10% to $36.7 billion, with net income of $7.7 billion and a 21% margin. Lilly trades at a forward P/E of 38.3x against Amgen's 19.4x. Its debt-to-equity ratio is about 1.6x, compared with nearly 6.3x for Amgen. Lilly's growth rests on its GLP-1 drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro. The article projects 2026 revenue of $88.7 billion, against about $37.8 billion for Amgen.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
Amgen's focus shifts to six growth drivers and MariTide as rare disease sales hit $1.6B

Amgen now frames its story around six key growth drivers, which grew 26% from a year earlier in fiscal Q2 2026 and made up nearly 70% of product sales. Rare disease, once reported on its own, is one of the six. The rare disease portfolio grew 21% to $1.6 billion, about 16% of quarterly revenue. Total revenue rose 9.5%, and management raised its 2026 revenue guidance to between $38.2 billion and $39.4 billion. Management also highlighted MariTide, an obesity drug in Phase III trials. Amgen wants it to be the first monthly or less frequent obesity therapy and is already scaling up manufacturing. One risk sits in rare disease. On September 1, 2026, Britain's medicines regulator suspended Tavneos for new patients, citing an unreliable main study. The drug made $119 million in fiscal Q1 2026. Amgen's next report is expected around November 3, 2026.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 20th, 2026
Johnson & Johnson and Amgen beat the market in 2026, but can the dividend stocks keep going?

Johnson & Johnson and Amgen, two dividend stocks that have beaten the broader market this year, could suit investors bracing for a possible crash. J&J's latest quarter beat expectations, and it slightly raised its 2026 guidance. But its medtech unit is struggling, as demand for the Impella heart pump has fallen amid safety questions and a US Class 1 recall. Long-term, it has new drugs, a robotic surgery system approved in the US, and a proposed $5.5 billion talc settlement. It is a Dividend King with 64 straight years of payout increases. Amgen's second-quarter revenue rose 10% to $10.1 billion, despite pressure on Tavneos and falling denosumab sales. It has raised payouts 152% over a decade and offers a 2.3% forward yield, against 1.1% for the S&P 500.