Sr. Engineer - Combination Product Inhalation Device Lead

Amgen SA; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work models

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Job summary

Amgen in Thousand Oaks seeks an experienced Sr. Engineer to lead the design and development of dry powder inhaler (DPI) combination products within the CPD&T organization.

You will translate user needs into robust device requirements, interfaces, and verification strategies to deliver patient-centric dose delivery. The role requires leading DHF/DDP activities, supervising supplier integration and bridging evidence, and collaborating with regulatory, quality, and manufacturing teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree with 2 years engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree with 4 years engineering experience
• Associate’s degree with 8 years engineering experience
• High school diploma / GED with 10 years engineering experience
• Direct experience developing capsule-based or other dry powder inhaler platforms
• Experience with aerosol performance characterization and methods (delivered dose, particle size, device resistance)
• Experience assessing supplier design-history, verification, and master-file evidence
• Experience supporting FDA or global regulatory submissions for drug-device products
• Experience providing technical oversight of external device suppliers
• Knowledge of fluid dynamics, aerosol science, and particle dispersion relevant to DPI performance
• Experience with platform-device strategies, configuration/change control, and risk-based bridging of device evidence
• Experience providing technical mentoring as a subject matter expert in combination-product systems engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead combination-product systems engineering and device development for DPI programs, including architecture and interface definition
• Own DHF/DDP deliverables for the DPI device and ensure design-control documentation is complete and traceable
• Establish end-to-end traceability from user needs to verification and evidence
• Develop the design verification strategy for the DPI device and integrated product
• Apply inhalation fundamentals in partnership with analytics and methods teams
• Lead drug-device-capsule integration ensuring reliable dose delivery and aerosol performance
• Assess supplier evidence and provide technical oversight of device suppliers
• Coordinate with regulatory, quality, manufacturing, clinical, human factors, and other teams to support decisions and lifecycle changes
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to integrate device performance into the product development strategy
• Provide technical mentoring and SME input on combination-product systems engineering

Skills

DPI platforms

Aerosol testing

Regulatory submissions

Supplier oversight

Fluid dynamics

Inhalation science

Platform-device strategy

Mentoring/SME

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree + 2 years engineering

Bachelor’s degree + 4 years engineering

Associate’s degree + 8 years engineering

High school diploma + 10 years engineering

Job description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s 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 world’s 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.

Sr. Engineer - Combination Product Inhalation Device Lead

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join the Combination Product Development and Transformation (CPD&T) team to lead systems engineering and device development activities for dry powder inhaler (DPI) combination products. In support of Amgen's mission to serve patients, the CPD&T team develops drug-device combination products to support Amgen’s portfolio of drugs and biologics for patient-centric drug delivery. The Sr. Engineer will provide technical leadership across combination-product design controls, translating user and patient needs and product objectives into robust system and device requirements, interface definitions, design outputs, verification strategies, and integrated drug-device-capsule solutions.

The Sr. Engineer will own and drive key Design History File (DHF) and Design and Development Plan (DDP) activities for the DPI device constituent, including needs and requirements engineering, system and subsystem interface definition, design reviews, design verification strategy, configuration management, and change control. The role will apply EDDO / delivery-output thinking to identify and control the device outputs most important to dose delivery, aerosolization, usability, and overall combination-product performance, and will maintain clear traceability from needs and requirements through risk controls, design outputs, verification, and supporting evidence.

The Sr. Engineer will also lead technical integration of supplier-provided DPI platforms and evidence. This includes assessing the applicability of supplier design, verification, manufacturing, and master-file (MAF) evidence; identifying gaps and appropriate bridging needs; and providing technical oversight of device suppliers. The role will partner closely with other combination product SMEs, as well as drug product, analytical and methods, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, clinical, human factors, and other development teams to integrate DPI device design and airflow characteristics, aerosolization fundamentals, capsule-device interactions, and drug-device-capsule performance into the product development strategy.

The Sr. Engineer will also:

• Lead combination-product systems engineering and device development for DPI programs, including system architecture, needs and requirements engineering, interface definition, technical trade-offs, integration planning, and design reviews.
• Own or lead DHF/DDP deliverables for the DPI device constituent and ensure design-control documentation is complete, coherent, configuration-controlled, and aligned with the evolving combination-product design.
• Establish and maintain end-to-end traceability among user and product needs, system and device requirements, EDDO / delivery outputs, risk controls, design outputs, verification activities, and objective evidence.
• Develop the design verification strategy for the DPI device and integrated combination product, including rationale for use of supplier evidence, platform knowledge, bridging, analysis, and product-specific testing.
• Apply DPI platform knowledge and inhalation fundamentals, including device resistance, airflow, aerosolization and powder-dispersion behavior, in partnership with analytical and methods teams to support device selection, development, and performance understanding.
• Lead drug-device-capsule integration, defining and managing critical interfaces among the dry-powder drug product, capsule, inhaler, and user to achieve reliable dose delivery and aerosol performance.
• Assess supplier technical evidence and MAF applicability, identify evidence gaps and bridging needs, and provide technical oversight of device suppliers, including design changes, investigations, verification evidence, and lifecycle support.
• Coordinate with regulatory, quality, drug product, analytical, manufacturing, clinical, human factors, suppliers, and other cross-functional stakeholders to support technical decisions, submissions, issue resolution, and lifecycle changes.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience developing capsule-based or other dry powder inhaler platforms and combination products from early development through design verification and regulatory submission.
• Experience with aerosol performance characterization and methods such as delivered dose uniformity, aerodynamic particle size distribution, device resistance/pressure-flow characterization, or related inhalation testing.
• Experience assessing supplier design-history, verification, manufacturing, and master-file evidence, including applicability/bridging decisions and letters of authorization where applicable.
• Experience supporting FDA or global regulatory submissions for drug-device combination products, including technical responses, design-control evidence, and device constituent documentation.
• Experience providing technical oversight of external device suppliers and leading cross-functional resolution of device performance, integration, manufacturing, or lifecycle issues.
• Knowledge of fluid dynamics, aerosol science, particle dispersion/deagglomeration, or modeling approaches relevant to DPI device performance.
• Experience with platform-device strategies, configuration/change control, and risk-based bridging of device evidence across products or presentations.
• Experience providing technical mentoring or serving as a subject matter expert in combination-product systems engineering, device development, or inhalation delivery systems

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.