Lab Design Project Engineer: Build Innovative Labs

BioSpace; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Lab Design Project Engineer to provide technical leadership for planning, design, renovation, and delivery of laboratory facilities. You will ensure safe, compliant, and flexible lab environments aligned with scientific and business needs, partnering with researchers, engineers, architects, and facilities teams across locations.

This role requires travel to project sites to support development, design reviews, field assessments, and commissioning, with focus on scalable design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, laboratory science, facilities management, or related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in laboratory design, laboratory operations, engineering, architecture, facilities, or capital project delivery.
• Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory planning principles, including space programming, workflow design, equipment integration, and utility requirements.
• Working knowledge of applicable building codes, fire and life-safety requirements, EHS expectations, and relevant laboratory standards.
• Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, and design documents.
• Strong project execution, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder-management, and technical-writing skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required to support projects and site-based stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and influence decisions across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for laboratory planning, design standards, workflows, and facility requirements.
• Translate scientific and operational needs into laboratory design criteria, space programs, equipment requirements, and functional layouts.
• Lead or support the development and maintenance of laboratory design standards, specifications, guidelines, and standard details.
• Review laboratory design packages—including concepts, layouts, drawings, specifications, and equipment plans—for functionality, safety, constructability, and compliance.
• Ensure designs address laboratory ventilation, containment, biosafety, chemical safety, ergonomics, utilities, waste handling, material flow, security, and emergency response needs.
• Collaborate with users and stakeholders to define current and future laboratory capacity, flexibility, adjacencies, and workflow requirements.
• Lead technical aspects of capital projects from early feasibility and programming through design, construction, commissioning, qualification, and occupancy.
• Travel as needed to support site assessments, project meetings, design workshops, construction reviews, commissioning, and operational-readiness activities.
• Coordinate with Engineering, EHS, Facilities, Quality, Operations, external consultants, FM Insurance, and construction teams to resolve technical issues and manage design decisions.
• Evaluate laboratory equipment requirements and integration needs, including utilities, controls, automation, and supporting infrastructure.
• Identify design risks, recommend practical mitigations, and support risk assessments associated with laboratory operations and facility modifications.
• Support commissioning and turnover activities to confirm laboratory systems and spaces meet intended use and operational requirements.
• Monitor industry practices, codes, standards, and emerging laboratory design technologies; incorporate relevant improvements into organizational standards.
• Provide technical mentoring and laboratory design expertise for project teams and less experienced engineers.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, laboratory science, facilities management, or related technical discipline

Master's degree or higher in engineering or related field

Doctorate degree in engineering or laboratory science

Associate degree with substantial engineering/lab experience

Strong project execution and stakeholder-management

Problem-solving and technical-writing skills

Excellent communication and collaboration

Ability to travel to project sites

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Lab Design Project Engineer to provide technical leadership for planning, design, renovation, and delivery of laboratory facilities. You will ensure safe, compliant, and flexible lab environments aligned with scientific and business needs, partnering with researchers, engineers, architects, and facilities teams across locations.

This role requires travel to project sites to support development, design reviews, field assessments, and commissioning, with focus on scalable design