Principal Peptide Process Engineer, Research Scientist II

About the role

The Principal Peptide Process Engineer, Research Scientist II supports API projects throughout late-stage development, commercialization, and product lifecycle. They are responsible for ensuring processes are safe, addressing scale-up issues, and developing and implementing robust peptide synthesis manufacturing processes from the lab to manufacturing environments. After commercialization, they oversee continuous improvement activities, technical transfers to manufacturing sites, and resolution of technical manufacturing issues.

Responsibilities

• Develops and achieves discipline strategy in alignment with functional goals and key scientific objectives.
• Conceptualizes and implements approaches using combinations of engineering principles.
• Utilizes knowledge of engineering, literature, and experience to guide decisions for complex situations.
• Collaborates with experts within function to integrate scientific objectives into activities associated with the development of new/improved products or technology.
• Advances scientific expertise within function. Proactively advises and shares knowledge and expert opinions with subordinates, peers, and senior management. Mentors and trains functional colleagues and assesses current and emerging business challenges enabling functional goal achievement.
• Ensures quality and effectiveness of key results of major project plans within function through sound design, early risk assessments, and implementation of fallback strategies.
• Sources and identifies emerging scientific trends from multiple internal and external sources and assesses relevance. Integrates trends into functional short-term objectives. Advances technology and direction within area of discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or related field with 16 years of related work experience.
• Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or related field with 14 years of related work experience.
• PhD in Chemical Engineering or related field with 8 years of related work experience.
• Proven ability to innovate with a history of new or improved product releases.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within function and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Possesses thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.
• Conceives, designs, conducts research and development for major processes to be commercialized.
• Led the development of processes and programs to optimize or achieve plant efficiency, product quality, cost control, customer specifications or product design changes.
• Leads the technical investigative troubleshooting of product failures and recommends remediation direction.
• Primary author of publications, presentations, regulatory documents, and/or primary inventor of patents.
• Experience and/or education with API and/or natural product processes in pharmaceuticals.
• Peptide development and/or manufacturing experience.
• Interacts and leads cross-functional teams and shares information. Demonstrated technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.