Sr Device Assembly Engineer

BioSpace; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen in New Albany, OH, is seeking a Senior Device Assembly Engineer to provide technical leadership across ConfiPen device assembly platforms throughout the product lifecycle. This role drives design, process development, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure robust, compliant manufacturing of drug-device products.

You will lead engineering activities for device assembly equipment design, lifecycle management, manufacturing support, continuous improvement, and global launches,

Responsibilities

• Lead design change implementation and lifecycle management activities for commercial ConfiPen devices.
• Implement final drug product requirements, engineering specifications, and technical solutions for drug-device combination products.
• Ensure compliance with Design Control requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support development of engineering strategies that ensure products meet safety, efficacy, functionality, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead cross-functional engineering teams supporting product development and commercialization activities as it relates to device assembly.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, technical risks, and engineering deliverables.
• Lead engineering investigations and process development activities within a laboratory environment to evaluate device assembly processes, materials, components, and manufacturing equipment.
• Design, execute, and analyze Design of Experiments (DOE) to characterize assembly processes, optimize critical process parameters, and establish robust operating windows.
• Develop laboratory test methods, fixtures, and engineering studies to support product development, lifecycle management, manufacturing investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job description

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior Device Assembly Engineer

What You Will Do

The Senior Device Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership for the commercial ConfiPen device assembly platforms throughout the product lifecycle. This role leads engineering activities supporting device assembly equipment design, lifecycle management, manufacturing support, continuous improvement, and global commercialization of drug-device combination products.

The position is responsible for the technical development and sustainment of ConfiPen devices and their final drug product assemblies, and packaging equipment, ensuring products and assembly processes continue to meet safety, quality, performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements. The engineer serves as a technical subject matter expert, partnering across Device Engineering, equipment system owners, Combination Products Organization, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to support product improvements, troubleshooting, manufacturing investigations, design changes, and commercial launches.

This position also leads engineering laboratory activities supporting device assembly development, Design of Experiments (DOE), manufacturing investigations, and process optimization utilizing advanced assembly monitoring technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Product Development & Lifecycle Management

• Lead design change implementation and lifecycle management activities for commercial ConfiPen devices.
• Implement final drug product requirements, engineering specifications, and technical solutions for drug-device combination products.
• Ensure compliance with Design Control requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support development of engineering strategies that ensure products meet safety, efficacy, functionality, and regulatory requirements.

Technical Leadership

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams supporting product development and commercialization activities as it relates to device assembly.
• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for device design, assembly processes, testing, and lifecycle management.
• Provide technical leadership to the manufacturing site and external development partners.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, technical risks, and engineering deliverables.

Engineering Laboratory & Process Development

• Lead engineering investigations and process development activities within a laboratory environment to evaluate device assembly processes, materials, components, and manufacturing equipment.
• Design, execute, and analyze Design of Experiments (DOE) to characterize assembly processes, optimize critical process parameters, and establish robust operating windows.
• Develop laboratory test methods, fixtures, and engineering studies to support product development, lifecycle management, manufacturing investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead technical investigations by defining experimental strategies, developing