Lead Lab Design Project Engineer - Flexible Work

MedDeviceJobs; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Lab Design Project Engineer to lead planning, design, renovation, and delivery of laboratory facilities. You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, architects, and facilities teams to ensure safe, compliant, and scalable lab environments across project lifecycles.

The role requires travel to project sites and ownership of design standards, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and influence laboratory operations and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline required.
• Significant experience in laboratory design and facilities delivery.
• Knowledge of laboratory planning principles, space programming, equipment integration, and utility requirements.
• Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, and design documents.
• Strong project execution, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder-management, and technical-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead laboratory planning, design standards, workflows, and facility requirements.
• Translate needs into design criteria, space programs, and equipment requirements.
• Lead development and maintenance of laboratory design standards and guidelines.
• Review design packages for functionality, safety, constructability, and compliance.
• Ensure ventilation, biosafety, chemical safety, and utilities addressed in designs.
• Collaborate with users to define capacity, adjacencies, and workflow requirements.
• Lead capital projects from feasibility through design, construction, commissioning, and occupancy.
• Travel to support site assessments and project meetings.
• Coordinate with Engineering, EHS, Facilities, Quality, Operations, and external teams to resolve issues.
• Evaluate equipment requirements and integration needs including utilities and controls.
• Identify design risks and mitigation strategies.
• Support commissioning and turnover activities to confirm systems meet needs.
• Monitor industry practices and incorporate improvements into standards.
• Provide mentoring and design expertise to project teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Laboratory design

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Willingness to travel

Education

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

Master’s degree in engineering or laboratory science

Doctorate degree in engineering or laboratory science

Associate’s degree in engineering or laboratory science

High school diploma or GED in engineering or laboratory science

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Lab Design Project Engineer to lead planning, design, renovation, and delivery of laboratory facilities. You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, architects, and facilities teams to ensure safe, compliant, and scalable lab environments across project lifecycles.

The role requires travel to project sites and ownership of design standards, with opportunities to mentor junior engineers and influence laboratory operations and capacity planning.