Biomanufacturing and Chemical Separations Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Edgewood, MD

5h•$77,600 - $176,000•Onsite

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking a highly experienced, strategic, hands-on Biomanufacturing and Chemical Separations Engineer to bring a new, fully equipped pilot-scale facility online and oversee a team designing, planning, and executing large-volume downstream engineering runs. The role is based at a client research and pilot-scale facility in Edgewood, Maryland, and is not remote. The engineer will develop and optimize downstream processes to recover and purify microbially produced molecules and metabolites. They will assess existing product-isolation methods for scale-up feasibility and execute them at pilot scale. The position also serves as a primary connection among technical teams, external stakeholders, and commercial transition partners, supporting facility performance metrics and efficient technology transfer to commercial scale. The role uses process-improvement frameworks to deliver consistent quantitative or qualitative results and offers the opportunity to gain experience in bioindustrial manufacturing and program management. Applicants must meet the stated education and experience threshold: a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry and at least eight years of relevant experience, or a doctorate and at least six years of relevant experience. Applicants must be able to obtain a Secret clearance and will be subject to a security investigation. The projected annualized salary range is $77,600 to $176,000. Booz Allen describes benefits that include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards. Eligibility for benefit programs is subject to the stated hours-worked threshold.

Requirements

Experience operating within hazardous locations.
Experience organizing, storing, retrieving, compiling, and analyzing data to respond to detailed information requests.
Experience developing and implementing analytical chemistry methods, including HPLC, GC/MS, or NMR.
Experience with pilot-scale or larger chemical-processing techniques, such as distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, centrifugation, ultrafiltration, chromatography, and downstream unit operations.
Experience evaluating bench-scale processes for scale-up feasibility, including operational safety, unit-operation efficiency, and economic viability in industrial fermentation, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or biomanufacturing operations.
Experience using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams to collaborate and generate technical reports.
Knowledge of industry safety standards and regulations such as NFPA, ASTM, and ANSI.
Ability to build trust and value-based relationships with team members and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Ability to lead a team in designing, planning, and executing pilot-scale experiments and chemical-separations processes.
Creative and innovative approach with an improvement and process-based mindset.
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemistry and at least 8 years of experience in biomanufacturing or process development for downstream processing and chemical separations, or a doctorate and at least 6 years of such experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with bioindustrial manufacturing, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, or biotech companies.
Experience with Department of Defense or Army procedures, proposal writing, or reporting requirements.
Experience using AI tools for data analysis, automation, or documentation to improve workflow and process reproducibility.
Ability to translate and document business needs, processes, and procedures into detailed user stories, process charts, workflows, and standard operating procedures.
Secret clearance.
Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related science field.

Responsibilities

Bring a new pilot-scale facility online and manage and operate it.
Oversee a high-performing team in designing, planning, and executing large-volume downstream engineering runs.
Develop and optimize downstream processes for recovery and purification of microbially produced molecules and metabolites.
Analyze current product-isolation methods, assess their feasibility for scale-up, and execute them at pilot scale.
Connect technical teams, external stakeholders, and commercial transition partners.
Ensure the facility meets performance metrics and processes support efficient technology transfer to commercial scale.
Apply process-improvement frameworks to provide consistent quantitative or qualitative results.
Organize, store, retrieve, compile, and analyze data to respond to detailed information requests.
Develop and implement analytical chemistry methods.
Review and evaluate bench-scale processes for scale-up feasibility, including safety, unit-operation efficiency, and economic viability.
Lead a team in designing, planning, and executing pilot-scale experiments and chemical-separations processes.
Collaborate and generate technical reports using Microsoft Office products.