Senior Development Engineer - Sterile Technology & Commercialization

Today’s MSD is working to help the world be well. Through their prescription medicines, vaccines, biological therapies, and consumer care and animal health products and services, they work in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions to patients and animals. MSD is the name used by Merck outside the US and Canada.
MSD is the largest pharmaceutical company in the Netherlands. R&D pilot plant manufacturing facilities are located in the US, Ireland and the Netherlands.

MSD is the largest pharmaceutical company in the Netherlands. It has large production facilities for Human Health and Animal Health in Oss, Haarlem and Boxmeer and R&D facilities in Boxmeer and Oss. The MSD Development Center in Oss (DCO) supports MSD’s need for product development activities, particularly for the emerging markets. The DCO is also involvedin Product Value Enhancement and it supports MSD’s early phase clinical research in multiple therapeutic areas.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior engineer to join Sterile Technology and Commercialization (STC) supporting sterile/liquid product/process development and technology transfer. This open position is in the Sterile and Liquid Commercialization group and is based out of Oss, Netherlands.
STC is responsible for the development and support for new Merck sterile products. This group is responsible for the formulation/filling processes for sterile therapeutic proteins starting at Phase II and extending through scale up, tech transfer, validation and the first few years of launch optimization.

Responsibilities
Reporting to a section head in Sterile Technology and Commercialization, the person in this role will have the opportunity to:
- Perform product and process development studies for sterile/ liquid products and lead project teams and working groups.
- Develop robust and scalable manufacturing processes while minimizing time to product launch and implement process improvements to reduce product cost structure.
- Prepare materials for clinical trials and stability studies by collaborating with internal and external network of pilot plants and manufacturing facilities.
- Participate in transfer of processes to commercial supply sites, support execution of validation lots and contribute to regulatory filing documentation.
- Travel to research and manufacturing sites (15%).

Required:
BS Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering/Science or Pharmaceutics or related field.
Minimum of 6 years post-bachelors degree experience in manufacturing, process development, or a related field. Excellent communicative skills in English, both oral and in writing.

Preferred:
MS, or PhD Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering / Science or Pharmaceutics or related field.
Previous experience working with sterile products with a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company. Excellent communicative skills in Dutch, both oral and in writing.

Marije Hoogendoorn, Research Consultant
T: 06 - 23 13 51 18
E: hoogendoorn@themagroup.nl

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