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Rahway, New Jersey · USA job

Senior Scientist, Engineering

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

Rahway, New Jersey

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Job description

Overview

In this role you will drive pharmaceutical process development for solid dosage products, guiding scale-up, tech transfer, and process validation across cross-functional teams. You'll collaborate with R&D, analytics, regulatory, and manufacturing to advance programs from development through regulatory filings and commercial scale. You'll apply QbD principles and DOE to deliver robust, compliant processes. You'll also contribute to data analytics and digital capabilities while shaping future manufacturing technology.

Compensation / Benefits
  • medical, dental, vision insurance
  • retirement benefits (401(k
  • paid holidays
  • vacation
  • compassionate and sick days
Responsibilities
  • Plan and execute pharmaceutical process development studies including scale-up, technology transfer, design space development, clinical/stability batch manufacture, and process validation
  • Lead or participate in drug product working groups and cross-functional teams; represent the department in collaborations with sites and vendors
  • Apply problem-solving and quality by design approaches, including risk-based development, DOE, and process modeling
  • Author technical documents (protocols, reports, regulatory filings) and communicate results effectively
  • Evaluate new technologies and equipment; conduct testing and data analysis while ensuring safety and cGMP compliance
  • Contribute to publications and presentations; advance digital/data analytics capabilities
  • Support innovation and development of processes for commercial manufacturing networks and CRO/CMO partners
  • Demonstrate hands-on lab, pilot plant, or manufacturing experience to support scale-up and transfers
Key requirements
  • Independent and collaborative work style; ability to meet commitments
  • Ability to design and run experimental programs with mechanistic understanding, robustness, productivity, and cost considerations
  • Experience with process scale-up and/or technology transfer across laboratory, pilot, and commercial scales
  • Hands-on lab/pilot/manufacturing experience
  • Experience in pharmaceutical development or related fields
  • strong communication and collaboration
  • leadership within teams
  • problem-solving and scientific curiosity
  • cGMP familiarity in pharmaceutical development and production
  • Design of Experiments (DOE)
  • Process Development (PD)

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