Sr. Packaging Engineer

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

11d • $115,495 - $156,257

About The Position

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Sr Engineer (Packaging). What you will do. Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join the Packaging Engineering group within Combination Product Operations supporting Amgen’s global packaging network. This Senior Engineer role is designed for engineers from a range of technical disciplines, including packaging, mechanical, material science, chemical, manufacturing, process, systems, industrial, and biomedical engineering. You will be accountable for reliable delivery of technical work within defined projects, systems, or components while applying engineering fundamentals, scientific thinking, and regulated operations experience to develop, implement, maintain, and improve Packaging platforms, packaging configurations, processes, and related lifecycle activities. You will contribute to execution and coordination across teams, make sound technical decisions within established direction and standards, identify risks within your scope, and help ensure work progresses effectively within established plans.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree
• OR Master’s degree and 2 years of Packaging Engineering experience
• OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Packaging Engineering experience
• OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of Packaging Engineering experience
• OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Packaging Engineering experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in packaging engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, product development, device or combination product development, clinical supply, or regulated technical operations.
• Experience developing, implementing, maintaining, or improving clinical or commercial packaging configurations, equipment, processes, or lifecycle management programs.
• Experience supporting technology transfers, new product introductions, site start-ups, platform standardization, automated equipment implementation, or process improvements.
• Knowledge of cGMP expectations, change control, qualification, validation, technical writing, and regulated manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to own technical deliverables, deliver consistent high-quality work, identify and address risks within scope, and escalate issues appropriately with recommended solutions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, communicate technical progress and issues clearly, and contribute constructively to team discussions and alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify incremental improvement opportunities in processes, designs, tools, documentation, or ways of working.
• Strong project management, communication, collaboration, technical writing, and technical problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own technical deliverables for assigned projects, components, systems, or platform areas, ensuring work is completed with consistent quality, reliability, and compliance.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and improve Packaging platforms that support product supply, technology transfers, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate, recommend, qualify, and sustain packaging components, materials, processes, and platform elements for pharmaceutical products.
• Apply sound engineering judgment and scientific principles within established standards to solve moderately complex technical problems involving materials, product presentations, equipment, automated processes, documentation, and manufacturing interfaces.
• Identify technical risks, gaps, and issues within scope; anticipate downstream impacts; drive timely resolution; and escalate appropriately with context and potential solutions.
• Lead or support technical assessments, test protocols, qualification activities, engineering reports, specifications, procedures, and change controls.
• Support technology transfers from clinical to commercial and site to site for packaging configurations, equipment, and processes.
• Partner with Product Development, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and other functions to deliver robust, compliant, and scalable packaging solutions.
• Establish priorities, manage project plans and dashboards, communicate progress and issues clearly, and drive work to completion within expected timelines.
• Identify and implement incremental improvements to processes, designs, tools, documentation, or ways of working within defined scope.
• Share knowledge, support team problem-solving, and provide guidance to junior engineers when needed.
• Ensure cGMP, regulatory, and change control expectations are met, and support regulatory inspections or related activities as needed.

Benefits

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed