Senior Packaging Engineer — Impactful Biotech Ops

Amgen; Thousand Oaks (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Amgen seeks a Senior Engineer in Packaging Engineering to join the Combination Product Operations group. You will deliver packaging platforms, configurations, processes, and lifecycle activities across products and sites.

You will collaborate with Product Development, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to ensure robust, scalable packaging solutions that meet regulatory standards. Strong project management and technical writing are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree and 2 years of Engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Engineering experience
• Associate’s degree and 8 years of Engineering experience
• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Engineering experience

Responsibilities

• Own technical deliverables for assigned projects, components, systems, or platform areas, ensuring work is completed with consistent quality, reliability, and compliance.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and improve Packaging platforms that support product supply, technology transfers, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate, recommend, qualify, and sustain packaging components, materials, processes, and platform elements for pharmaceutical products.
• Apply sound engineering judgment and scientific principles within established standards to solve moderately complex technical problems involving materials, product presentations, equipment, automated processes, documentation, and manufacturing interfaces.
• Identify technical risks, gaps, and issues within scope; anticipate downstream impacts; drive timely resolution; and escape appropriate with context and potential solutions.
• Lead or support technical assessments, test protocols, qualification activities, engineering reports, specifications, procedures, and change controls.
• Support technology transfers from clinical to commercial and site to site for packaging configurations, equipment, and processes.
• Partner with Product Development, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and other functions to deliver robust, compliant, and scalable packaging solutions.
• Establish priorities, manage project plans and dashboards, communicate progress and issues clearly, and drive work to completion within expected timelines.
• Identify and implement incremental improvements to processes, designs, tools, documentation, or ways of working within defined scope.
• Share knowledge, support team problem-solving, and provide guidance to junior engineers when needed.
• Ensure cGMP, regulatory, and change control expectations are met, and support regulatory inspections or related activities as needed.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Technical writing

Problem solving

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree + 2 years engineering experience

Bachelor’s degree + 4 years engineering experience

Associate’s degree + 8 years engineering experience

High school diploma / GED + 10 years engineering experience

Job description

Amgen seeks a Senior Engineer in Packaging Engineering to join the Combination Product Operations group. You will deliver packaging platforms, configurations, processes, and lifecycle activities across products and sites.

You will collaborate with Product Development, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, and Supply Chain to ensure robust, scalable packaging solutions that meet regulatory standards. Strong project management and technical writing are essential for success.