Compensation & Notes:

• Hybrid role - 3-4 days onsite
• $45-$52/hr - Exact rate is based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
• Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Job Description: One of our large Pharmaceutical clients is actively hiring for a Process Engineer to join the R&D biopharm and small molecules Drug Product Development Team. This team supports sterile products and mostly new product introduction. Responsibilities include:

• Work as a Process Engineer in a multi-disciplinary development team, liaising efficiently with Formulators, Modelers, automation experts, data scientists and device engineers, to deliver the work packages required to understand drug product unit operations and scale these-up effectively.
• Work on developing processes for lyophilized drug product dosage forms and other Steriles process development.
• Support continuous improvements in the drug product development process through technological innovation and application of first principles in lyophilization process engineering
• Actively participate in technical reviews on projects, lead the technical transfer of processes, and ensure timely execution, while collaborating actively with R&D Pilot Plants and Global Supply Chain manufacturing sites.

Must Haves:

• Bachelors / Masters, or PHD in Chemical Engineering or Biomedicial Engineering
• 3-5 years' experience in Drug Product Manufacturing
• Experience in Freeze Drying/Lyophilization required
• Drug product NOT drug substance
• Sterile products - solutions, suspensions, live virus products

Plusses:

• Experience in Steriles drug product process development, PAT, characterization, scale -up and technology transfer, modelling, to deliver processes that are well understood
• Experience in the application of state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, equipment automation, data automation, PAT tools and modelling software.
• Experience evaluating, developing, and qualifying manufacturing equipment.