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Job Title: Scientist / Engineer – Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish (JP15621)
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: Commercial Drug Product
Duration: 1+ year (with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent)
Posting Date: 07/23/26
Pay Rate: $40 - $46/hour W2
Notes: Only qualified candidates need apply.
3 Key Consulting is hiring a Scientist / Engineer – Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
We are seeking an Associate Scientist to support technical transfer and lifecycle-management activities for commercial drug product fill-finish processes. The individual will support transfers between development and manufacturing sites and will work closely with Process Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Analytical Sciences, Engineering, and other cross-functional partners.
The role will emphasize preparation and review of technical transfer documentation, study protocols, reports, process assessments, product impact assessments, and regulatory-support documents. The candidate will also support process characterization and laboratory-based activities as needed.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end drug product manufacturing, including formulation, mixing, hold operations, sterile filtration, filling, lyophilization, and product-contact systems. Time will be divided between supporting laboratory and process-development activities and developing clear, scientifically rigorous technical documentation.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of drug product process development, manufacturing support, or technical transfer experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Candidates may come from a scientific or engineering background and may have held previous titles such as Associate Scientist, Scientist, or Engineer.
This role will have a strong focus on technical transfer documentation, data evaluation, and cross-functional project support. The candidate must also have sufficient hands-on laboratory and drug product process experience to understand the underlying science, critically evaluate study results, and develop technically sound documentation.
Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation, compatibility, or administration-system studies is a plus.
Why is the Position Open?
Supplement additional workload on team
Top Must Have Skills:
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Red Flags:
Interview process:
phone interview with hiring manager, supplemental interview with team. Can start interviewing now.
We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@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.
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: Commercial Drug Product
Duration: 1+ year (with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent)
Posting Date: 07/23/26
Pay Rate: $40 - $46/hour W2
Notes: Only qualified candidates need apply.
3 Key Consulting is hiring a Scientist / Engineer – Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
We are seeking an Associate Scientist to support technical transfer and lifecycle-management activities for commercial drug product fill-finish processes. The individual will support transfers between development and manufacturing sites and will work closely with Process Development, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Analytical Sciences, Engineering, and other cross-functional partners.
The role will emphasize preparation and review of technical transfer documentation, study protocols, reports, process assessments, product impact assessments, and regulatory-support documents. The candidate will also support process characterization and laboratory-based activities as needed.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end drug product manufacturing, including formulation, mixing, hold operations, sterile filtration, filling, lyophilization, and product-contact systems. Time will be divided between supporting laboratory and process-development activities and developing clear, scientifically rigorous technical documentation.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of drug product process development, manufacturing support, or technical transfer experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Candidates may come from a scientific or engineering background and may have held previous titles such as Associate Scientist, Scientist, or Engineer.
This role will have a strong focus on technical transfer documentation, data evaluation, and cross-functional project support. The candidate must also have sufficient hands-on laboratory and drug product process experience to understand the underlying science, critically evaluate study results, and develop technically sound documentation.
Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation, compatibility, or administration-system studies is a plus.
Why is the Position Open?
Supplement additional workload on team
Top Must Have Skills:
- Drug product fill-finish and technical transfer experience
- Strong understanding of formulation, mixing, sterile filtration, filling, and transfer of parenteral drug product processes between development and commercial manufacturing sites.
- Technical writing and data interpretation
- Demonstrated ability to author, data-verify, and review technical protocols, reports, impact assessments, transfer documents, and regulatory-support documentation.
- Hands-on laboratory and analytical experience
- Experience executing drug product experiments and analytical testing, including formulation, filtration, pipetting, pH, protein concentration, viscosity, and osmolality
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Author, data-verify, and review technical transfer documents, study protocols, technical reports, product impact assessments, data summaries, and regulatory-support documentation.
- Compile, analyze, and interpret development and manufacturing data to support technical transfer, process characterization, validation, and regulatory filings.
- Execute laboratory analytical testing, including viscosity, protein concentration, pH, osmolality, and other relevant product-quality measurements.
- Execute laboratory experiments involving pipetting, formulation, mixing, filtration, sampling, and product-contact evaluations.
- Provide technical support for drug product fill-finish processes, including formulation, mixing, filtration, and filling of vials, syringes, devices, and other parenteral presentations.
- Assist with the development and characterization of drug product processes and transfer of technologies between development and commercial sterile fill-finish sites.
- Support commercial drug product activities involving sterile processing, process characterization, technical transfer, validation, and lifecycle management.
- Evaluate site-to-site differences in equipment, materials, scale, process parameters, and manufacturing procedures.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Analytical Sciences, Engineering, and other support functions to advance technical transfer and commercial manufacturing activities.
- Participate in global cross-functional teams and work effectively within a highly matrixed environment.
- Troubleshoot drug product processing technologies and equipment using data-driven analyses and visualizations to identify root causes and recommend solutions.
- Support product-contact, IV bag, compatibility, or administration-system studies, as needed.
- Assist with transfer readiness, site assessments, comparability evaluations, and validation support.
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
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation, compatibility, or administration-system studies is a plus.
Red Flags:
- Multiple short-term roles without a clear contract- or project-based explanation.
- Limited direct drug product fill-finish or technical-transfer experience.
- Strong documentation claims without demonstrated technical depth, data interpretation, or hands-on laboratory experience.
Interview process:
phone interview with hiring manager, supplemental interview with team. Can start interviewing now.
We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@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.