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Merck & Co. jobs
Pennsylvania (PA), West Point
Job Code:  MERCUSR292905ENUS
Employer:  Merck & Co.
Category:  Engineering
Job Type:  Full Time

Location
Country:  United States
State:  Pennsylvania (PA)
City:  West Point
05/02/2024

Description
Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Specialist position in the Device Technology group within our company's Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Supply organization. The focus of the role is on the development and commercialization of our company's pediatric combination product portfolio, including the identification of requirements, specification of components, management of verification of testing strategies, and transfer of design to production sites.- Using the frame works of design controls, medical device risk management, and usability engineering, the combination product engineer is responsible for gathering user and design requirements, planning design activities, ensuring that the design meets all requirements and transferring processes and knowledge to manufacturing and sustaining teams.- Leveraging technical knowledge and intra-personal skills, the combination product engineer is responsible for meeting file and launch on-time goals, as well as ensuring that risks are appropriately identified and mitigated.- The Sr. Specialist is accountable for either sole or shared project leadership, as well as providing ad-hoc support to development teams based on skills or need.- The Sr. Specialist is accountable for authoring technical documentation, leading team based technical reviews or design review, authoring regulatory submissions, and responses to audit or regulatory comments.

Principal Responsibilities and Requirements
  • Authors Design Control documents and leads other individuals on supporting documentation requirements.
  • Effectively lead project team to support the combination product development with focus of device selection and integration.-
  • Supports Device Risk Management, Human Factors Engineering, and Biocompatibility assessments.
  • Familiarity with Pharmaceutical or Medical Device manufacturing operations.
  • Drive laboratory testing, verification testing, or quality attribute testing.
  • Support human factors engineering, usability engineering, human centered design or other customer focused methodologies.
  • Provide insight into process validation testing.
  • Author documentation to support regulatory agency interaction and responses.
  • Solicits feedback to ensure that customer/stakeholder needs are the cornerstone of decisions, expectations are met on a consistent basis, and works with a long-term perspective in addressing customer problems.

Education/ Experience
  • Required:- B.S. or higher (MS or PhD) in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer or plastic engineering or related discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in medical device, pharmaceutical or in biotech organizations, will consider M.A/M.S. with at least three years of related experience or PhD with one year of related experience of the above disciplines

  • Required Experience and Skills:

  • Knowledge of 21CFR 820, part 4, ISO 13485.
  • Proven track record of applying analytic skills in the product design, development, and evaluation.
  • Understands the criticality of securing early sponsorship and stakeholder alignment for projects and initiatives.
  • Independent, self-driven, capable of working independently.
  • Previous experience leading cross-function project teams.
  • Knowledge of injecting molding process
  • Proven ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, project management and organizational skills.
  • Working knowledge of medical device or pharmaceutical industry.
  • FDA Human Factors guidance, ISO 14971, EN 62366, Council Directive 93/42/EEC, etc.
  • Willing to travel up to 10%

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). -Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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Expected salary range:
$101,100.00 - $159,100.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. - For Washington State Jobs, a summary of benefits is listed here .

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
NA

Job Posting End Date:05/15/2024

A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID:R292905
ref: (MERCUSR292905ENUS)
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