Device Engineer/Senior Device Engineer
AstraZeneca

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Posted in Pharmaceuticals


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Device Engineer/Senior Device Engineer

Do you have a passion for Science? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person.

About AstraZeneca in Gaithersburg, MD:

Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility creates life-changing medicines for people around the world. This campus employs more than 3,500 experts in our field and is only a short drive from Washington, DC. This modern and vibrant scientific campus is the home of R&D and Oncology in the US. Here, we play host to some of the most cutting-edge technology and lab spaces, all designed to inspire collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work. We are dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion and collaboration.

The Gaithersburg site offers a variety of amenities to help boost productivity and help keep our employees happy and healthy. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where you'll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while increasing collaboration between teams.

Summary of the group:

The Device Development Group sits in the BioPharmaceutical R&D organization and has offices in Gaithersburg, MD and South San Francisco, CA. The group is responsible for design, development, healthcare authority approval and ultimately launch of drug/device combination products. The product portfolio is mainly focused on subcutaneous drug delivery system, and also have several new Technology Development projects in other related areas.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Senior Device Engineer:

  • High functioning technical and collaborative member of cross functional CMC and device development teams to meet program deliverables
  • Applies engineering principles with minimal oversight in the design and development of robust devices and drug/device combination products
  • Able to independently solve complex problems using tools such as: engineering modelling and simulation tools, design and prototyping tools, statistical analysis, benchtop experiments and analysis, usability engineering tools, design for manufacturability/assembly techniques and design for six sigma.
  • Strong working knowledge and experience with regulations and standards such as design controls, risk management, human factors and industry standards specific to an individual's discipline
  • Identifies and effectively communicates potential design/process problems, analyses problems following best practices, provides practical solutions and manages the consequences of any failures
  • Represents the Function internally as well as externally with CMOs and development partners.

Required Skills:
  • Experience and thorough understanding of medical device development
  • Demonstrated experience of product characterization, design controls and risk management
  • Extensive experience of working in a cross functional product development environment
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) to summarize development work, critical conclusions and its relevance to the bigger picture
  • Demonstrated experience in one or several of the following areas: new technology development, process development, combination product development, human factors, test methods development, device/process characterization, design controls, risk management

Desired Skills:
  • Experience in development of drug/device combination products for subcutaneous delivery
  • Technical leadership of cross-functional development teams

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Device Engineer:
  • High functioning technical and collaborative member of cross functional CMC and device development teams to meet program deliverables
  • Applies engineering principles with minimal oversight in the design and development of robust devices and drug/device combination products
  • Able to independently solve complex problems using tools such as: engineering modelling and simulation tools, design and prototyping tools, statistical analysis, benchtop experiments and analysis, usability engineering tools, design for manufacturability/assembly techniques and design for six sigma.
  • Strong working knowledge and experience with regulations and standards such as design controls, risk management, human factors and industry standards specific to an individual's discipline
  • Identifies and effectively communicates potential design/process problems, analyses problems following best practices, provides practical solutions and manages the consequences of any failures
  • Represents the Function internally as well as externally with CMOs and development partners.

Required Skills:
  • Experience and thorough understanding of medical device development
  • Demonstrated experience of product characterization, design controls and risk management
  • Extensive experience of working in a cross functional product development environment
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) to summarize development work, critical conclusions and its relevance to the bigger picture
  • Demonstrated experience in one or several of the following areas: new technology development, process development, combination product development, human factors, test methods development, device/process characterization, design controls, risk management

Desired Skills:
  • Experience in development of drug/device combination products for subcutaneous delivery
  • Technical leadership of cross-functional development teams

Education & Experience Requirements:
  • Device Engineer: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Biochemical Engineering, or related discipline with at least 3-5 years of service in engineering related role. In lieu of degree, minimum 8 years of service in a relevant engineering role.
  • Senior Device Engineer: BS and a minimum of 6 years of experience in technical roles within combination product development or MS and a minimum of 4 years of experience or a PhD and some relevant experience preferred

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what's next!

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

Where can I find out more?

Check out our landing page for more information on our BPD group https://careers.astrazeneca.com/bpd

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