Senior Principal Engineer, Pharma Process Innovation

AbbVie; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie seeks a senior engineering professional to lead site-level process design and optimization in a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. The role involves defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria to ensure efficient, high-quality production while guiding engineers through critical technical decisions and closure of actions.

You will oversee process validation, troubleshoot manufacturing processes, and document results and standards to support compliant,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical) is required.
• 8+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry formulation.
• Knowledge of Engineering standards.
• Demonstrated leadership and team building skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Proven track record of managing projects through to completion.
• Excellent communication skills with layers of management.

Responsibilities

• Designs site-level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria that support efficient, high-quality production.
• Leads process improvement and optimization workstreams, defining the technical approach, coordinating trial execution with production, and documenting results.
• Conducts process validation and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation for review and approval.
• Establishes technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.
• Guides engineers through technical decisions by running working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.
• Delivers high-quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and key assumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Engineering standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

AbbVie seeks a senior engineering professional to lead site-level process design and optimization in a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. The role involves defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria to ensure efficient, high-quality production while guiding engineers through critical technical decisions and closure of actions.

You will oversee process validation, troubleshoot manufacturing processes, and document results and standards to support compliant,