Lab Design Project Engineer: Create Safe, Flexible Labs

BioSpace; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; 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 compliant, safe, and flexible lab environments aligned with scientific and business needs.

The role partners with researchers, engineers, architects, project managers, facilities teams, and external partners across the project lifecycle, including travel to sites to support development, reviews, and commissioning.

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—concepts, layouts, drawings, specifications, and equipment plans—for functionality, safety, constructability, and compliance.
• Ensure designs address 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

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 compliant, safe, and flexible lab environments aligned with scientific and business needs.

The role partners with researchers, engineers, architects, project managers, facilities teams, and external partners across the project lifecycle, including travel to sites to support development, reviews, and commissioning.