Lead MES Consultant & Solution Engineer (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing SaaS)

Vimachem is a company that builds software for pharmaceutical manufacturing, and they are seeking a Lead MES Consultant & Solution Engineer to support their growth. This role involves leading implementations, collaborating with sales teams, and optimizing digital manufacturing workflows using the Vimachem Pharma MES platform.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the lead MES consultant on customer projects, guiding implementations from process analysis through configuration, testing, deployment, go-live, and hypercare
• Design and configure digital manufacturing workflows using Vimachem’s no-code / low-code MES tools
• Collaborate with QA, production, and IT stakeholders to ensure MES implementations align with GMP and operational requirements
• Work closely with the sales team as a solution engineer, supporting enterprise opportunities with demonstrations, technical discussions, and solution validation
• Deliver technical demonstrations and workshops for prospects and customers
• Contribute to RFx responses, technical assessments, and security questionnaires during enterprise sales processes
• Support the scoping and estimation of MES implementation projects delivered by the Vimachem Professional Services team
• Coordinate with EU consulting teams to ensure alignment with delivery standards and best practices
• Troubleshoot system behavior and support customers during deployments and hypercare
• Provide customer insights and product feedback to product and engineering teams to improve the platform
• Contribute to internal best practices, documentation, and knowledge sharing

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working in pharmaceutical or biotech manufacturing environments or consulting with pharmaceutical manufacturing clients
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with MES platforms such as Werum PAS-X, Emerson Syncade, Siemens Opcenter, Rockwell PharmaSuite, Tulip, or similar systems
• Strong understanding of GMP workflows, batch manufacturing processes, and electronic batch records (EBR)
• Experience implementing or working with manufacturing digital systems such as MES, OEE, shopfloor data systems, or digital batch records
• Experience delivering technical demonstrations, workshops, or training for MES platforms
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical, operational, and executive stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, life sciences, or a related STEM discipline
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for customer engagements
• Experience supporting pre-sales or solution consulting activities is a strong plus