Engineer

About the role

Join Amgens 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 lie within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the logical, detailed translation of design requirements and constraints into process equipment/system solutions.
• Aids in project definition by performing engineering studies and assessments for process equipment systems, clean utilities, and production facility improvements.
• Provides technical support to commercial manufacturing as required.
• Works closely with multiple teams, including manufacturing, engineering, utility operations, maintenance, quality assurance, and validation to implement operational improvements.
• Troubleshoots and resolves equipment, automation, or process issues in the field.
• Applies Lean methodology to ensure optimal and cost-effective performance and reliability for process systems.
• Develops, organizes, analyzes, and presents results for operational issues and engineering projects of small scope and complexity.
• Applies engineering principles to recommendations, design, and implementation of new equipment or system modifications.
• Owns systems including development of job plans, preventative maintenance, and the evaluation of spare parts.
• Communicates proactively with supervisor and support staff, highlighting issues and proposing solutions.
• Provides On-Call support coverage on weekends, on a rotating basis.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED and 8 years of Engineering or Biotechnology experience OR Associates degree and 6 years of Engineering or Biotechnology experience OR Bachelors degree and 2 years of Engineering or Biotechnology experience OR Masters degree
• Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering or related technical field
• 2+ years experience in engineering in a manufacturing support environment with at least 1 years experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology industries.
• Downstream unit operation experience such as Chromatography or Tangential Flow Filtration desired
• Familiarity designing, fixing, and operating equipment used in protein purification including disposable technologies
• Experience with Tech Transfer, Process Design, and Commissioning & Qualification
• Detailed understanding of cGMPs

Qualifications

• Self-starter with these qualifications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with minimum direction
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams and embrace a team-based culture
• Familiarity with designing and operating equipment used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

Skills

• Engineering principles
• Lean methodology
• Process equipment systems
• Technical support
• Operational improvements
• Equipment troubleshooting
• Job planning and preventative maintenance
• Communication skills

Benefits

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a total rewards plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• 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, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible