Scientist, Engineering

Job Description

Our Engineers support internal and external manufacturing operations remain operational, continuously improve and innovate. With our extensive range of facilities and environments, our Engineers have opportunities across many diverse areas including Biological, Chemical, Automation, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Safety, Process Development, Technical Services, Utilities, and Validation.

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Scientist, Engineering that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

• Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

• Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture, and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

• Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

• Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

The Chemical Commercialization Technology (CCT) department, which is part of Our Company Manufacturing Division (MD), is seeking self-motivated individuals who are looking for an opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment that provides substantial technical responsibility and leadership of internal and external work. The Scientist, Engineering leverages scientific/technical experience to: complete assigned process characterization for late-stage Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) projects; and support internal and external process development with a line of sight to robust supply, pre-validation, and validation activities for a selection of portfolio projects and provide supply support. As the early-stage Company Research & Development Division led portfolio progresses to late-stage projects, the incumbent is expected to help transition characterization work execution/management to CCT ownership.

You will be expected to quickly develop and demonstrate expertise in small molecule process characterization work by learning and utilizing Quality Risk Management (QRM)/Quality by Design (QbD) methodologies and tools around the statistical design of experiments (DOE) and analysis of experiments (ANOVA, PCA, RSM, Design Expert, Minitab, JMP). The role includes participation in one or more cross-divisional API-WG’s and the incumbent will help influence the API-WG’s direction to address MD specific needs and also involves collaboration (largely remotely) with external suppliers while managing process development and validation activities.

Approximately 10 – 20% of travel time is expected. Normal travel per campaign might include a kickoff trip and a separate multi-week period of on-site coverage, typically one to three times per year depending on project complexity. Support of Research & Development Division led filing work, early development work, and/or piloting activities is also likely in the course of commercializing new processes.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with two years of work experience or Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from an accredited college/university with no experience

Experience | Skills | Requirements

Required

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

• Superior understanding of chemical engineering fundamental concepts

• Principled verbal and written communications

• Experience with process scale-up and technology transfer, moving from the laboratory to pilot plant or factory scale

• Motivation to conduct both laboratory experimentation and on-site support of scale-up activities and manufacturing operations

• Ability to work in the laboratories at the Rahway, New Jersey site with occasional domestic and international travel,

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, writing, and time management skills

Preferred

• Relevant work experience in process development in any modality (e.g. small molecules, large molecules, vaccines, drug substance or drug product, etc.) or chemical development in a related industry, ideally with experience conducting one or more programs of statistically-designed experimentation

• Experience with developing and executing an experimental program to optimize and de-risk the scale-up of microbial fermentations and associated downstream processing

• Experience interfacing and influencing relationships with internal and external partners to drive process development, scale-up, and technology transfer

• Experience executing an experimental program or statistical data analysis to address issues of process design, robustness, or productivity for an existing product/process

• Familiarity with QRM/QbD methodologies and tools around statistical design and analysis

• Familiarity with the concepts and application of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s)/current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s) ideally during Pharmaceutical drug substance/drug product development and production, e.g. in a pilot and/or factory setting

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high-quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Requisition ID:R241154