Specialist, Packaging Engineer

MSD

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Packaging Commercialization department has an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Packaging Engineer at either the Rahway, NJ or West Point, PA site. This candidate will serve as an individual contributor and foster our department mission to (1) design and develop responsible and accessible commercial packaging solutions with strong science, risk-based thinking, and focus on the customer while (2) striking the balance of being innovative and flexible to meet the evolving pipeline, while also continuously improving and standardizing our packaging solutions. Position Description: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to focus on package development for a range of traditional pharmaceuticals (oral solid dosage, oral powders, suspensions, sterile injectables, and inhaled formulations) and biopharmaceutical applications (vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and antibody drug conjugates) as well as provide input to primary packaging for the drug component and secondary packaging of medical device and combination products. Through support of the Packaging Working Groups, the successful candidate will collaborate on diverse, cross-functional teams with peers in drug product formulation and analytical development as well as supply chain and marketing to provide technical guidance during the development of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging for new products and specialty devices. The successful candidate will interface with our internal Global Packaging Technology Operations and Packaging Site Operations teams, as well as external Contract Manufacturing Operations and packaging component suppliers while fulfilling their responsibilities

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a completed a B.S. or higher degree in Packaging Engineering, Packaging Science, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Pharmaceutical Science with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
Understanding of package development process and engineering principles
Strong scientific and risk-based thinking
Demonstrated experience in building collaborative partnerships
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to deliver on timelines
Ability to make rapid, disciplined decisions
Adaptability
Animal Vaccination
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC)
Biopharmaceuticals
Data Analysis
Engineering Standards
Global Health
Leadership Training and Development
Manufacturing Quality Control
Manufacturing Scale-Up
Monoclonal Antibodies
Packaging Engineering
Packaging Equipment
Packaging Processes
Packaging Testing
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Polyclonal Antibody Production
Process Design
Retail Packaging
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Sealing Machines
Software Development Process
Strategic Collaborations
Teamwork
Technical Writing

Nice To Haves

Experience in new product pharmaceutical and/or biopharmaceutical development packaging

Responsibilities

Providing input regarding selection of primary packaging material
Determination of package images to support commercialization as well as leading the shipping distribution strategy and coordination of shipping distribution studies efforts regarding characterization and qualification testing of robust packaging systems
Author packaging specifications for primary, secondary and tertiary packaging
Provide information to support relevant sections of BLA’s, NDA’s, WMA’s, and JNDA’s