Streamline Compliance and Performance in Biotech Manufacturing
Stay compliant and innovate faster with a trusted local partner. Lucid Automation & Security specializes in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) automation for biotech and pharmaceutical facilities in California. We deliver production-critical automation projects on time, using industry best practices to make your job easier and your facility run better.
Our team understands the unique challenges of life science manufacturing and provides turnkey solutions that improve quality and reduce the burden of compliance. By leveraging modern control systems and data-driven insights, we help you stay audit-ready, maximize efficiency, and scale up faster.
All with an approachable, expert touch.
Local Life Science Focus
We primarily serve biotech and pharma manufacturers in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing deep domain expertise and quick on-site support.
Benefit-Driven Approach
Every solution is designed to save you time, reduce risk, and increase productivity, so your team can focus on innovation rather than paperwork.
End-to-End Services
From initial design and UL 508A panel fabrication to validation and ongoing support, we handle the entire automation lifecycle under one roof.
Turnkey Solutions from Design to Support
One of the biggest advantages of partnering with Lucid is our full-service, turnkey delivery. A biotech automation project can involve many complex pieces – and we handle them all, so you don’t have to juggle multiple vendors. Our services include:
Control System Design & Integration: Conceptual design, detailed engineering, PLC/HMI programming, and integration of OEM skid equipment into a cohesive plant-wide system. We ensure all components communicate seamlessly and meet GMP specs.
UL 508A Panel Fabrication: As a UL 508A certified panel shop, we custom-build industrial control panels for biotech and pharmaceutical applications. Whether it’s a skid-mounted bioreactor panel or a plantwide control cabinet, our panels are built to spec and fully tested. This in-house capability means faster turnaround and guaranteed quality for the hardware that runs your process.
GAMP-Compliant Documentation: We develop the full suite of GMP documentation – User Requirements, Functional/Design Specifications, risk assessments, test protocols, traceability matrices, and more – following the latest GAMP 5 guidelines. These detailed documents meet or exceed industry standards, giving you confidence that every requirement is traced and verified.
Validation & Qualification Support: Our team supports or leads your validation efforts, producing Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ) protocols, executing test scripts, and resolving any deviations. We plan staged acceptance tests (FAT/SAT) to minimize delays and ensure a smooth startup. By maintaining traceability from design through OQ, we make sure your automated system is fully qualified and ready for audit on Day 1.
Project Management & Support: Lucid brings project management discipline to keep automation projects on track. After commissioning, we remain a partner to your operations team – whether you need support, training for operators, or future enhancements, we’re here to help.
Simplifying GMP
Compliance and Validation
GMP compliance is time-consuming – we ensure automation doesn’t make it harder. Lucid designs control systems from the ground up with compliance in mind, avoiding the “bolt-on” solutions that create documentation headaches. Our turnkey systems come with easy-to-follow documentation, built-in change control, and standardized validation packages that meet FDA and EU requirements.
This means your project is faster to qualify, easier to maintain, and less likely to trigger prolonged audits. We use risk-based testing methods to cover all regulatory demands while minimizing downtime. The result is predictable execution – projects stay on schedule and within budget, and the final turnover package stands up to the toughest inspections. Even if you have existing equipment, we can retrofit modern validation tools to close compliance gaps and bring legacy systems up to current standards.
Our team can support your Commissioning & Qualification (C&Q) process – including Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), and Installation/Operational Qualifications – ensuring every automated process is verified and documented. Staying compliant becomes a seamless part of your automation project, not a roadblock, so you can confidently focus on production goals.
Boosting Efficacy, Quality and Throughput
Consistency is Everything
Our GMP automation solutions ensure every batch and process is executed with the same high quality and reproducibility, reducing human error and variability.
We employ modular, scalable designs that tightly integrate process controllers (PLCs), SCADA/HMI interfaces, and batch execution software. This smart design approach meets your performance requirements today while lowering total cost of ownership through easier testing, maintenance, and future capacity expansion.
By following industry standards like ISA-88 batch control and GAMP5 guidelines, we deliver robust systems that exceed strict regulatory and quality standards. A comprehensively validated process ensures product quality and patient safety no matter who is on the production line.
It’s critical in biotech/pharma where quality, safety, compliance, and consistency are paramount. With automation handling repetitive tasks and complex sequences, your team can achieve faster batch cycles, more consistent yields, and fewer deviations.
In fact, leveraging best-in-class automation can slash downtime and prevent revenue loss associated with manual errors or equipment issues. The bottom line: you get higher throughput and reliability without sacrificing compliance.
Ready to Automate Smarter? Let’s Talk
GMP automation doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With Lucid Automation & Security as your partner, you get the benefits of cutting-edge automation without the usual stress.
We make complex, technically difficult projects feel straightforward by focusing on clear communication, reliable delivery, and measurable results. Whether you’re designing a new biotech facility in South San Francisco or upgrading a single-use skid in Fremont, our team is here to help you stay compliant and competitive.
Contact us today to discuss your GMP automation needs and discover how we can tailor a solution that makes your life easier and your facility more productive.
Let’s work together to automate smarter and deliver the future of biotechnology manufacturing, right here in California.
Data Integrity & Real-Time Insights
Modern GMP automation isn’t just about control – it’s about making your process data work for you.
Biotech facilities generate mountains of data (temperatures, pressures, batch records, alarm logs, etc.), and too often it’s recorded and stored with minimal context, making it hard to use. Lucid changes that. We bring context and clarity to your existing GMP data, turning it into insights your team can act on.
By integrating historians (OSIsoft PI, FactoryTalk Historian, etc.), MES databases, and intuitive reporting tools, we ensure you can see what’s happening in real time and trace every critical parameter.
Process engineers will finally see meaningful trends (not just raw numbers), automation engineers can pinpoint issues faster, and quality teams gain confidence with data-backed decisions. For example, we can configure smart alerts and visual dashboards that relate process values to events.
Our solutions adhere to 21 CFR Part 11 and data integrity best practices, so electronic records and signatures are secure and compliant.
Less time digging for information and more time making decisions. Productivity goes up, bottlenecks get solved faster, and compliance becomes less of a headache. In short, Lucid gives you actionable GMP data for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
