Manufacturing Process Engineer - South San Francisco, United States - MindSource
Description
Job Title:
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Location:
New Richmond, WI
Duration: 12 months contract with possibility of extension
Pay rate:
$60-100hr on W2 with benefits
SUMMARY
The Senior Process Engineer will be responsible for providing drug delivery device production innovation support to project teams developing combination drug delivery devices for parenteral pharmaceutical therapeutics.
The candidate has in depth experience in high volume manufacturing processes and methodologies and leads process development to support clinical and commercial production activities within device development programs.
The Senior Process Engineer will be assigned responsibilities to engineering areas and will initiate projects, define critical steps and resources, and develop practical and thorough solutions to complex problems.
The work is reviewed with a focus on long-term perspectives, as the candidate establishes his/her own work priorities and timelines.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
The incumbent in this position will be responsible for providing design, development, and commercialization support to project teams that are developing combination drug delivery devices for parenteral pharmaceutical therapeutics.
This objective will be accomplished by executing activities in the areas of:
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Provide DFM/DFA assessment of container-device, and development of testing methods to assess container and deliver system quality and functionality for existing and new technologies.
Extensive application of tools to assess design process capabilities such as tolerance analysis, design of experiments, design for reliability, quality by design, design for six sigma, failure modes effect analysis
Characterize and evaluate critical process parameters (CPPs) using appropriate tools such as DOEs, components of variance, house of quality, etc., leveraging electromechanical presses and custom fixtures to run simulations in the lab.
Characterize material attributes (MAs) using appropriate tools such as tolerance analyses, empirical / mechanistic modeling with Monte Carlo simulation, etc.
Procure lab-scale clinical manufacturing equipment. Design, fabricate, and procure fixtures for device assembly and testing.
Author / review documentation related to clinical and commercial equipment qualification activities including pFMEAs, FAT, IOQ, and PQ. Author / review process validation protocol(s) and report(s).
Author / review SOPs for clinical/ commercial manufacturing (including labeling, packaging, preventative maintenance, and equipment operation).
Provide engineering technical leadership to internal cross functional team and external development partners and component suppliers
Recommend assembly processes and techniques that provide the most cost effective, robust and reliable performance for medical devices
QUALITY SYSTEM COMPLIANCE
Understand, implement, and maintain Roche Pharma Quality Policy and Pharma Quality System (PQS) in the department.
Developed root cause analysis on manufacturing defects and collaborated in the completion of Engineering
Change Request (ECR), Material Review Board (MRB), and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
Use (and create and implement, if necessary) local PTDU-D procedures and templates ensuring alignment with current versions of PQS documents and best practices.
Assist with resolving issues arising from internal quality assessments/audits, regulatory inspections and notified body interactions, and aid in driving closure of inspection issues by preparing appropriate responses and corrective action resolutions.
Ensure compliance of training to PQS and job-related requirements.
DESIGN CONTROLS
Responsible for transfer of design to commercialization
Ensure product quality and design requirements are traced through the equipment development, process development and validation process.
Draft, review and/or approve design control documents (i.e. DHF documents) to support device development deliverables using available templates, such as protocols and reports, failure modes effects and analysis, risk management plans, change management plans and design review meeting minutes.
Employ good document practices (GDP) when recording data, maintaining archives and drafting and reviewing documents.
Participate in hazards analysis and design assessments and reviews.
Utilize electronic document archive system and collaborate with Document Control team to ensure document compliance with PQS standards and DHF regulations.
Regularly interface with leaders in Contract Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Complaints and Regulatory Affairs.
Regularly interact at a detailed technical level with design engineers, equipment and production engineers.
Support supplier selection through assessment of supplier capabilities for existing equipment and custom automation development, acceptance and installation
Collaborate with internal / external teams to translate design requirements into clinical and commercial processes
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Industry Experience
B.S, M.S, or advanced degree in Engineering, with preference for Mechanical Engineering, or the equivalent.
At least 8 years of experience in the industry and/or academia (including advanced studies) after receiving their Bachelors degree.
In depth experience in high volume manufacturing processes and methodologies, with an emphasis in plastic molding and mechanical assembly is expected.
Experience working with control systems to be used in production and batch release.
Strong expertise with statistical handling and interpretation of data, technical report writing and reviewing.
Familiarity with risk management tools; develop FMEAs of the products and ability to assess changes, non-compliances, etc., with risk assessment methods.