Principal Process Engineer
Core
Lead technical strategic initiatives and serve as skill area leader for pharmaceutical unit operations, focusing on mechanistic understanding of process-equipment interfaces and resolving complex manufacturing challenges.
Role type
Principal Process Engineer
Builds
Reduced-order mechanistic and physics-informed process models, technical strategies for manufacturing improvement, and support for product supply and technology transfer.
Domain
Pharmaceutical manufacturing, process engineering, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls)
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
mechanistic modelling, physics-informed models, first-principles engineering, pharmaceutical unit operations, process scale-up, root cause analysis, CMC knowledge, scientific programming, data analysis, regulatory file authoring
Preferred skills
Lean and Six Sigma, Agile application, physical testing techniques, coding and programming languages
Technologies
digital tools for model development
Responsibilities
lead technical strategic initiatives, develop and deploy process models, resolve manufacturing challenges, support technology transfer, drive standardisation of equipment, contribute to product supply strategy
Seniority
Principal, technical leadership & strategy