Bioprocess Engineer: Vaccine Tech Transfer Specialist

Merck; Millsboro (DE); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck is seeking a BTS Americas Strategic Projects Specialist and manufacturing process engineer to join the Animal Health division.

You will contribute to regional vaccine manufacturing technology transfers, working with Manufacturing, Quality, Process Development, Regulatory, and Global Engineering Solutions to ensure compliant, efficient transfer execution and stable process performance at receiving sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, or related life science/engineering field.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in biopharmaceutical, antigen, or vaccine manufacturing, bioprocess engineering, process development, or technology transfer.
• Experience in a regulated (GxP) environment with strong data integrity and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Support vaccine technology transfers by preparing technical inputs and documentation, coordinating readiness activities, and assisting during execution and start-up at receiving sites.
• Contribute to technical risk assessments and mitigation by gathering data and supporting fit-gap evaluations.
• Support cross-functional technical workstreams and projects to enable transfer success and improve process performance.
• Maintain transfer packages, playbooks, lessons learned, and best practices for knowledge management across sites.
• Assist with post-transfer process robustness through monitoring, troubleshooting, and investigations in partnership with sites and Quality.
• Contribute to training and onboarding by maintaining training materials and delivering selected training modules.
• Draft/review protocols, reports, summaries, and trackers aligned with quality, regulatory, and governance expectations.

Skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Collaboration

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Problem Solving

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology / Biochemical Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Pharmacy / related life sciences

Job description

Merck is seeking a BTS Americas Strategic Projects Specialist and manufacturing process engineer to join the Animal Health division.

You will contribute to regional vaccine manufacturing technology transfers, working with Manufacturing, Quality, Process Development, Regulatory, and Global Engineering Solutions to ensure compliant, efficient transfer execution and stable process performance at receiving sites.