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Pharmaceutical Engineer

Employer
Lonza
Location
Bend, Oregon
Salary
Commiserate with Experience
Start date
Sep 23, 2019

Job Details

Today Lonza is a global leader in life sciences. We are more than 15,000 employees in more than 100 locations around the world. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech has an open position for a Senior Pharmaceutical Engineer to join the Product Development team at our location in Bend, OR.  This is an excellent opportunity to join a group of scientists and engineers that focus on the product development of oral solid dosage forms. In this role you will be able to work both independently, and as part of multi-disciplinary teams.  You should possess a continuous improvement mindset, and demonstrate excellence in matters of safety, science, operations, and quality.  You will be a leader seeking to meet on-time deliverables of your highest quality, and a team-player supporting the success of your colleagues, peers, and organization. 

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead research and development activities in collaboration with clients and internal technical teams to define strategy and execute work plans
  • Apply knowledge of pharmaceutics plus chemistry, material science, and engineering to solve challenges around: safety, drug delivery, formulation, analytics, and manufacturing
  • Design, execute, review, and interpret experiments to make decision recommendations toward the product development strategy
  • Adhere to scientifically-sound practices; including both model-based and risk-based approaches to research, design, development, scale-up, and technology transfers of formulations, methods, and processes
  • Communicate technical information to internal teams and/or clients in the form of oral and written correspondence, presentations, and reports
  • Serve as technical expert in specific area(s) of expertise, and mentor colleagues and peers in applicable skills
  • Support products throughout clinical development and/or commercial manufacturing activities
  • Prepare written documents such as standard operating procedures, memos, reports, and technology transfer documentation
  • Evaluate instruments, equipment, processes, and systems to improve safety, quality, and performance

Key requirements:

  • In this role you will be responsible for both customer-based product design and development, as well as the internal development and progression of lead technology areas.
  • You will routinely design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data, and communicate and present results to both internal and external research and development teams. 
  • You will apply scientific fundamentals in a hypothesis-driven environment to guide and support the development of methods, formulations, and processes needed to promote product success at all stages of the product life cycle.
  • Education:
    • Entry level Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, or
    • M.S. with 3+ years of experience, or
    • B.S. with 5+ years of experience related to pharmaceutical formulation development
  • Proven technical skills in problem solving, analytical techniques, data gathering, and interpretation
  • Ability to perform tests and modify techniques where required for a range of chemicals, formulations, and dosage forms
  • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to lead, train, and direct activities of a team toward time-sensitive deliverables
  • Work successfully in a fast-paced, dynamic, highly collaborative, scientifically-driven, team-oriented, and customer-focused environment inclusive of research, development, and GMP manufacturing
  • Understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, industry guidelines
  • Knowledge of GMP practices is preferred
  • Experience in advancing oral drug products through late stages of clinical development is highly desirable

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company

Lonza is a preferred global partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech and nutrition markets. We work to enable a healthier world by supporting our customers to deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. We achieve this by combining technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise and process excellence. Our unparalleled breadth of offerings enables our customers to commercialize their discoveries and innovations in the healthcare industry.

Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, today, Lonza operates across five continents. With more than 17,000 employees (full-time equivalent), we comprise high-performing teams and individual talent who make a meaningful difference to our own business, as well as to the communities in which we operate. The company generated sales of CHF 3 billion with a CORE EBITDA of CHF 987 million in H1 2022. Find out more at www.lonza.com

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Company info
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Phone
510-731-3500
Location
1978 W Winton Ave
Hayward
California
94545
United States

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