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Engineer, Drug Device Combination Product – Prefilled Syringes / Hybrid (JP13580)

Thousand Oaks, CA · Biotech/Pharmaceutical
Job Title: Engineer, Drug Device Combination Product – Prefilled Syringes / Hybrid (JP13580)
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca.
Business Unit: Prefilled Syringes And Lyo Kit Platforms
Employment Type:  Contract
Duration: 12 months with likely extensions or conversion to perm
Rate: $36-41/hours W2 with benefits
Posting Date: 1/28/2025
Target Start Date: 2/3/2025

3 Key Consulting is hiring!  We are recruiting an Engineer for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biotechnology company.

Job Description:.
The Device Engineer will play a critical role in the design, development, and lifecycle management of drug delivery devices, including prefilled syringes, with a focus on testing and analysis within a laboratory environment. This position requires strong experimental, analytical, and statistical skills to support technical operations and ensure the success of the company’s combination product portfolio.


Essential skills and Responsibilities:
  • Conducting hands-on experimental testing to support failure investigations and root cause analysis.
  • Developing, executing, and refining test procedures to evaluate device performance and functionality.
  • Analyzing test data and applying statistical methods to derive actionable insights and recommendations.
  • Supporting design changes by leading testing efforts to assess and validate proposed modifications.
  • Participating in the scale-up, global launch, and continuous improvement of drug delivery devices.
  • Collaborating with contract manufacturers and suppliers to ensure device quality and performance standards are met.
  • Maintaining robust design history files for mechanical and electro-mechanical delivery devices.
  • Enhancing and expanding company’s delivery device platform as needed to meet evolving product and regulatory requirements.
    The ideal candidate will:
  • Have strong laboratory testing experience, particularly with combination products and medical devices.
  • Possess a solid foundation in experimental methods and data analysis.
  • Be proficient in statistical tools and methodologies.
  • Demonstrate experience in failure analysis and implementing design solutions.
  • Have a proven ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
  • Exhibit strong organizational skills and attention to detail, especially in maintaining design history files.
  • Show familiarity with regulatory and quality requirements for combination products and medical devices.
  • This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leveraging technical expertise in a dynamic and innovative environment focused on advancing the company’s portfolio of drug delivery devices.

Top Must Have Skill Sets:
  • Problem solving (engineering skillset)
  • Organization (self-starter and project level management)
  • Communication (experience communicating at different levels and to different groups)

Day to Day Responsibilities:
  • Fully competent engineer in all conventional aspects of the subject matter, functional area, and assignments.
  • Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation and modification of standard techniques/procedures/criteria, and devises new approaches to encountered challenges.
  • Generates and maintains design specifications, protocol and report writing, prototyping, design of experiments/statistical process control product optimization, design verification & validation, FMEA, etc.
  • System level root cause investigation
  • Coordinate and implement design improvements with development partners.
  • Collaborate with scientists and engineers internally and externally to assess and develop appropriate design and manufacturing specifications.
  • Accountability of maintaining technical records within product design history files.
  • Individual contributor with leadership attributes to effectively represent device engineering within a large network/matrix organization.
  • Working proficiency and familiarity with governing standards and regulations, including Quality System Regulation (21CFR820) and Risk Management (ISO 14971).

Basic Qualifications:
Master degree OR Bachelor degree and 2 years of experience OR Associate degree and 6 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of experience
 
Red Flags:

Missing two or more of the following four items:
1. Degree in the field of Mechanical or Biomedical.
2. Medical device industry and/or regulated work environment experience.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skill.
4. Understanding and experience in:
-Development/commercialization of medical devices and knowledge of manufacturing processes
-Initiating and bringing complex projects to conclusion
-Ability to work independently and dynamic cross functional teams
-Design controls
-Failure investigation
-Applied statistics

Additional stand-alone red flag: inability to be present on site/support onsite based activities. This is a hybrid role, NOT fully remote.


Interview Process:
Screening interview with myself, followed by a panel interview. Following the panel interviews, if a tie-breaker is needed, there may be a 3rd final round to go in depth on specifics the team felt needed further discussion.

We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to recruiting@3keyconsulting.com.  If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this particular position, please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com/careers. You are also welcome to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.

 
 
Regards,
 
3KC Talent Acquisition Team
 
 

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