Roche

Senior Engineer, Compounding, Dispensing, and Powder Handling

Roche$78K — $146K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Bio/Chemical Engineering or related discipline
  • 2-4 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Familiar with aseptic compounding and fluid dynamics
  • Ability to influence stakeholders without formal authority
  • Strong commitment to fostering a safety culture

Responsibilities

  • Manage technical design, testing, qualification, and validation for dispensing and compounding areas
  • Implement engineering control strategies to handle flammability and electrostatic hazards
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance project and quality objectives
  • Design scalable compounding trains for various batch sizes
  • Participate in project execution and transition design plans into manufacturing processes
  • Support regulatory submissions and contribute to cGMP documentation

Benefits

  • Relocation benefits provided
  • Annual discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance
Full Job Description
The Opportunity:

In this exciting role, you will be an integral member of the User Team and will provide scientific and technical impact for the new large-volume manufacturing facility in Holly Springs. This role specifically focuses on the design, qualification, start-up, and registration of the facility's Dispensing, Compounding, and Powder Handling area.

As a key member of our technical team, this role will participate and focus on process safety and high-containment engineering to manage the hazards posed by a low-OEL material with highly sensitive flammability and electrostatic characteristics. Following the go-live of the facility, you will transition into a routine position at the site, extending into daily operational responsibilities.

As a member of the engineering team, you will be accountable for:
  • Technical acumen: You will provide project management, technical design, testing, qualification, and validation for all activities related to the dispensing and compounding area.
  • Safety & Hazard Mitigation: You will support and implement the engineering control strategy required to safely manage flammability and hybrid material risks and electrostatic hazards of the API.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: You will partner with Engineering, MSAT, Quality, Supply Chain, Technical Development, Regulatory, and CMO organizations to drive technical decisions that balance project, product, quality, and operations views.
  • Process Design & Scalability:You will design geometrically similar compounding trains (150L and 750L) to ensure scalable mixing dynamics across a wide range of batch sizes (50L to 700L), including buffer preparation and pH-controlled compounding.
  • Project Execution: You will participate in assigned parts of the project, justifying goals to management, and working with suppliers/contractors to transition design plans into a functioning, approved manufacturing process.
  • Regulatory Submission:You will support the design and execute studies and comparability protocols to support operations and contribute directly to cGMP documentation and regulatory filings.


Who you are:
  • You hold a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Bio/Chemical Engineering or a related discipline, with 2-4 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
  • You are familiar with aseptic compounding, fluid dynamics, automated powder handling.
  • Influencer: You understand the "bigger picture" of large-volume, low-cost manufacturing and can effectively partner with and influence stakeholders across the organization without formal authority.
  • Champion of Safety: You foster a positive safety culture where no one gets hurt, ensuring environmental health, safety, and security are integrated into all business and manufacturing processes.


Preferred:
  • You have experience with "Smart Factory" concepts and digital transformation to drive business and project efficiency.
  • You have direct experience defending process design and safety concepts during Health Authority inspections.
  • You have advanced knowledge of global ATEX/NEC standards for hybrid mixture environments.


Work Environment/Safety Considerations:
  • Ability to work in an international/global environment. Domestic and international travel required. Travel up to 20% after full relocation.
  • Will work in a clean room environment that requires gowning in the form of hospital scrubs, bunny suits, gloves, and steel toe boots.
  • Potential to work near hazardous materials, chemicals, and equipment as per company safety procedures and guidelines.


This role will require full onsite work at the project office before transition to the site offices once complete.

The expected salary range for this position in Holly Springs, NC is $78,000 - $146,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, level, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

Relocation benefits are provided.

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About Roche

Roche Holding AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. Roche is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, and the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. The company also produces a range of diagnostic tests for medical professionals and patients. Roche was one of the first companies to bring targeted treatments to patients. In 2019, Roche had over 100,000 employees worldwide, and generated revenue of CHF 61.5 billion.
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