Career CategoryEngineeringJob DescriptionHOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION? You've worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Engineer - Process Development Drug Substance
Live What you will do Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will be responsible for supporting the development and improvement of manufacturing processes, equipment, and products. You will also work to solve technical issues, implement process improvements, and contribute to product design and development projects for the Purification Sciences and Engineering (PS&E) organization within the Process Development – Drug Substance Department in a Non-Standard shift operations including extended hours, weekends and holidays.
Specific Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Support the implementation of manufacturing/quality systems such as non-conformances, process validation, process monitoring, procedures, training, and new product introductions.Provides characterization of process optimization strategies and/or troubleshooting of operational issues in the operations, manufacturing, pilot plant or capital projects environment.Apply basic engineering principles to the design and implementation of system modifications, experiments and/or capital projects.Under general supervision will evaluate, select and apply standard engineering techniques and procedures.Provide on-the-floor technical support for successful commercial manufacturing campaigns, process improvements, and troubleshooting issues.Routinely monitor manufacturing processes for performance indicators and operations and provide problem resolution and guidance.Support experiments in the laboratory to resolve technical issues observed at large scale manufacturing.Collaborate with cross functional teams such as: Manufacturing, Maintenance, Process Development, Utilities, Facilities, Quality Assurance and/or Validation Departments in developing requirements and recommendations for system modifications and manufacturing operations. Win What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Engineer - Process Development Drug Substance professional we seek is an individual contributor with these qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:Master's degree
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Bachelor's degree and 2 years of engineering and/or manufacturing support experience
Preferred Qualifications:Education background in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering.Skilled in performance of GMP production operations and experience in the development and/or manufacturing of pharmaceutical/biotechnology processes.Knowledge and experience with regulatory interactions.Organizational, technical writing, presentation, and project management skillsKnowledge of control charting and basic statistics.Availability to support non-standard shift.Excellent communication skills in English and Spanish. Thrive What you can expect of us As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insuranceA discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive planStock-based long-term incentivesAward-winning time-off plans and an annual site shutdownFlexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible Apply nowfor a career that defies imagination Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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