Principal Device Engineer

Why Patients Need You 

Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, engineering is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative engineering team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action. 

What You Will Achieve 

Working with Pfizer’s dynamic engineering team, you will play a critical role in developing and modifying process formulations, methods and controls to meet quality standards. Your production engineering skills will help in recommending and implementing improvements, modifications or additions that will help in solving problems. You will review product requirements in terms of product development compatibility and help Pfizer determine optimum costs and schedules of production. 

As a Manager, your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of the discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a cross functional leadership role to facilitate agreements between different team. 

It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe. 

How You Will Achieve It 

• Provide testing and technical support for all new facilities and new processes in manufacturing. 

• Support of process and component improvements projects as needed. 

• Evaluate, manage, and report the process capability of the equipment and services employed in the operation. 

• Manage supplier technical audits and Pfizer corporate audits. 

• Actively share knowledge with others within the team through existing knowledge sharing processes and systems. 

• Apply technical knowledge of Operations, Quality, Validation, etc. along with internal/external business challenges to provide input into recommendations for improvements. 

• Lead multi-functional project teams through high technical risk assessments and complex engineering/technology solution development. 

Here is What You Need (Minimum Requirements) 

• Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience OR an associates degree with 8 years of experience OR a bachelors degree with at least 5 years of experience OR Masters Degree with more than 3 years of experience, OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience. 

• Demonstrated experience in product development, manufacturing science and technology, sterilization or process validation or Process Engineering within the pharmaceutical or medical device industry. 

• Thorough knowledge of cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), combination device regulations, design control. 

• Strong history of problem solving skills, project and task management skills, ability to manage priorities and lead others under pressure. 

• Strong verbal and written presentation communication skills and attention to detail.

Bonus Points if You Have (Preferred Requirements) 

• Relevant pharmaceutical experience.