Packaging Engineer – Pharma Devices & Packaging

Prime Life Sciences; Basel; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Life Sciences in Basel, Switzerland, seeks a Packaging Engineer to develop and maintain drug packaging and delivery devices. The role covers primary and secondary packaging, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Requirements include a Master or PhD in packaging related fields and fluent English and German; prior experience in packaging development and documentation is expected.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in packaging technology or packaging engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, chemistry or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of pharmaceutical development.
• First experience in development and documentation of primary packaging, including GMP, QA and design control aspects.
• First experience in packaging process validation and packaging testing.
• Fluent English and German.

Responsibilities

• Development of primary and secondary packaging for the pharmaceutical industry.
• Preparation of reports on primary packaging materials / processes.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance in accordance with external and internal regulatory requirements and quality standards.
• Support and coordinate the production and delivery of packaging materials.
• Support of packaging tests.
• Participation in the packaging lines qualification (e.g. blister production, filling, bag, stick pack filling systems).
• Support of risk management.

Skills

Fluent English

German

Pharmaceutical development knowledge

Education

Master or PhD in packaging tech/engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, chemistry

Job description

Prime Life Sciences in Basel, Switzerland, seeks a Packaging Engineer to develop and maintain drug packaging and delivery devices. The role covers primary and secondary packaging, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a dynamic, multicultural environment.

Requirements include a Master or PhD in packaging related fields and fluent English and German; prior experience in packaging development and documentation is expected.