Senior Scientist I, Engineering
About The Position
Process engineers support API and natural products projects through all phases of late-stage development, commercialization, and product life cycle. This position is responsible for assessing key unit operations (e.g., reactions, crystallizations) for process robustness, scientific understanding, and potential scale-up risks from the lab to a manufacturing environment. Effective cross-functional interactions with other functions (e.g., technical, quality, regulatory) and on-site manufacturing personnel are key for successful job performance. The purpose of this role is to develop scalable and robust engineering processes for key modalities (e.g., small molecule APIs, antibody drug conjugates, peptides, and natural products). This role requires demonstrating technical expertise and strong communication skills in a multidisciplinary environment. It also involves investigating, identifying, developing, and optimizing new methods and techniques, and developing productive collaborations and communications with other groups across scientific disciplines.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in chemical engineering or a related field and 10+ (BS), 8+ (MS), or 0+ (PhD) years of relevant industrial experience.
- Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.
- Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Builds strong relationships with peers and cross-functionally with partners outside of team.
- Learns fast, understands key objectives, and can change course quickly where indicated.
- Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
- Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
- Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation.
- Demonstrates excellent technical and personal mentorship of others.
Responsibilities
- Leverage core chemical engineering principles (chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, thermodynamics, mathematical modeling) in experimental design, thought process in problem-solving, and data analysis.
- Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research or development activities.
- Maintain autonomous and productive performance in lab experimentation, pilot plant, and/or manufacturing support space, requiring only minimal direction from or interaction with supervisor.
- Formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data.
- Pursue areas of investigation that are scientifically impactful to development or commercial programs.
- Effective investigation and troubleshooting of product failures and propose recommendations for remediation.
- Author publications, presentations, technical reports, regulatory documents, and/or patents.
- Demonstrate high proficiency across a wide range of relevant technologies.
- Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, and GxP compliance.
- Be a subject matter expert to other functions within the project team.
- Direct mentorship of other engineers on project teams.
Benefits
- paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- short-term incentive programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
