Senior Scientist II — Aesthetics Process Development

AbbVie; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Scientist II to lead development and site transfer of manufacturing processes for next-generation medical aesthetics products. You will design, plan, execute and document experiments with a team of scientists and engineers, ensuring processes meet critical quality attributes.

This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, excellent communication, and the ability to navigate the product development life cycle from lab to production in a high-impact

Qualifications

• Possess thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline.
• Effective writer and communicator of research and regulatory materials.
• Work experience involving medical device and combination products is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Scale up and develop manufacturing processes of novel medical devices with the goal of improving process robustness and transferability.
• Lead execution of manufacturing processes such as solution preparation, synthesis, purification, sterile filtration, compounding, terminal sterilization and product filling in primary packaging.
• Draft guidance documentation such as work instructions, master batch records, and protocols.
• Analyze experimental data generated by the analytical team, to better understand and also improve process capability where needed.
• Collaborates with global cross functional partners on joint experimental studies to achieve common project goals.
• Prepare and review design of experiments to better understand product critical process parameters and proven acceptable ranges.
• Maintain a high level of productivity in the lab.
• Participates, and presents in project team meetings to propose project activities, review completed tasks, and technical progress as needed.
• Writes, reviews and issues batch records, build packages, reports, memoranda, and other documents for internal and external distribution.
• Generates ROI’s and works closely with corporate patent counsel in generating IP documentation.
• Remains as an internal technical consultant through the entire product development life cycle.
• Transfer manufacturing processes to/from internal and/or external manufacturing sites.
• Searches, reviews, and evaluates current literatures and relevant technology landscape to help maintain and extend internal technical competence.
• Attends and participates in scientific meetings as company’s representative to gain knowledge about new products or technologies pertinent to corporate business interest.
• Communicates and recommends new biomaterial, product, and technology related ideas to supervisor and other research managers to maintain and enhance company’s position in the marketplace.

Education

Biomedical Engineering / Biomaterials Science / Materials Engineering / Bioengineering / Chemical Engineering (PhD preferred)

Job description

AbbVie in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Scientist II to lead development and site transfer of manufacturing processes for next-generation medical aesthetics products. You will design, plan, execute and document experiments with a team of scientists and engineers, ensuring processes meet critical quality attributes.

This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, excellent communication, and the ability to navigate the product development life cycle from lab to production in a high-impact