Engineer - SMDD Foundry Readiness

About This Role

This role involves developing and optimizing synthetic drug candidate processes from pre-clinical to commercialization phases within the Synthetic Molecule Design and Development (SMDD) division. The engineer will utilize deep technical expertise to accelerate drug development and bring life-saving medicines to patients worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Generate process design and unit operation knowledge based on engineering principles for various therapeutic modalities
• Ensure successful scale-up of processes through fundamental engineering principles and equipment knowledge
• Design and execute laboratory experiments to develop drug substance processes and manufacturing technologies
• Engage in generating creative solutions for improving existing processes and creation of novel ones
• Transfer process technical information to internal and external manufacturing sites and provide technical oversight
• Author and maintain documentation such as laboratory notebooks and technical reports
• Apply fundamental engineering and business principles to design and characterize synthetic processes
• Use numerical engineering modeling tools to characterize reaction kinetics, mechanisms, and process separations
• Design effective and efficient process and equipment flow strategies, ensuring suitable equipment selection
• Stay informed about new technology and best practices, proposing, justifying, evaluating, and implementing new equipment

Requirements

• B.S/M.S. in chemical engineering or closely related field
• Strong technical skills in synthetic organic chemistry
• Experience as a hands-on technical contributor in a laboratory environment

Qualifications

• B.S/M.S. in chemical engineering or closely related field

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate in a team environment
• Ability to prioritize multiple activities and handle ambiguity

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits