Process Engineer Job in Billerica 01821, Massachusetts US
Biomanufacturing Engineer – Millipore Biomanufacturing Sciences Network (BSN)
EMD Millipore is looking for an Engineer to join the Biomanufacturing Engineering Group (BME) - a team of engineers and scientists within the Biomanufacturing Sciences Network (BSN) dedicated to supporting EMD Millipore's technologies in the biopharmaceutical industry in North America.
The BioManufacturing Engineer will primarily have technical responsibilities for proactively pursuing and performing process development, scale-up and manufacturing support in the upstream and downstream biopharmaceutical operations as well as fill and finish operations. The focus will be on biopharmaceutical best practices, process development and scale-up from clinical manufacturing through commercial manufacturing.
The Biomanufacturing Engineering group works with the following EMD Millipore technologies: sterile filtration, tangential flow filtration, primary and secondary clarification, viral reduction filtration, mixing, as well as chromatography and integration of these processes. The candidate will work closely with development and technical support teams of our clients and also with EMD Millipore's Marketing and RD departments. The candidate will be recognized by our customers and within EMD Millipore organization as a subject matter expert and a key technical resource, competent in all aspects of biopharmaceutical processes.
The Biomanufacturing Engineer will also have secondary technical responsibilities focused on large systems engineering projects. The purpose of this position would be to review process descriptions, interpret process requirements, initiate design development, and create automated process recipes for large, complex engineered systems projects. These projects are skid mounted normal flow filtration, tangential flow filtration or chromatography systems designed for the purification of biopharmaceuticals.
Job Summary:
- Able to propose new best practices useful in the biopharmaceutical industry.
- Be able to critically examine/analyze data and model process behavior to characterize process performance.
- Design experiments to understand process sensitivity and troubleshoot operation issues.
- Troubleshoot field application related issues: equipment, operation or design
- Able to carry out reviews/audits to examine process sequence, operation protocol, design parameters and recommend appropriate changes.
- Be able to independently design and execute experimental protocols.
- Understand scaling issues, constraints and sizing techniques relating to the application.
- Able to decipher and understand Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (PIDs).
- Translate the customer’s process into automated recipes
- Ensure that the design of the hardware will meet the operational, separation, cleaning and validation needs of the customer
- Assess the project proposal for engineering and scientific soundness
- Effectively communicate with all project personnel, both internal and external to Millipore
- Able to travel to clients
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Job Requirements:
Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering (preferred) and 4-7 year’s related experience. The position requires a sound knowledge of the principles and application of chemical engineering fundamentals - especially fluid dynamics - coupled with a hands-on, practical sensibility of engineering design. A clear understanding of scaling requirements and constraints in biopharmaceutical applications. Experience with biopharmaceutical separations and processing at manufacturing, pilot, and/or lab scale. Experience with systems design, installation, validation, and control software is highly preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-driven focus are required. Excellent data analysis and organizational skills. Candidate must possess an ability to take a leadership role in complex projects involving diverse groups of individuals. Up to 25% travel required.
Additional Information:
- Travel Percentage: 25%
