Vaccine Bioprocess Transfer Engineer

Socket.dev; Millsboro (DE); On-site; USD 87,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in the United States is seeking a BTS Specialist and manufacturing process engineer to support vaccine technology transfers and regional projects, contributing to knowledge management and continuous process improvement.

The role collaborates across Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Global Engineering Solutions to ensure compliant transfer execution, robust processes, and timely milestones; requires a bachelor’s in life sciences and 2+ years in biopharma.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, or related life science/engineering field.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in biopharmaceutical, antigen, or vaccine manufacturing, bioprocess engineering, process development, or technology transfer.
• Working knowledge of upstream, downstream, fill-finish and lyophilization bioprocessing operations and fundamentals of process parameters definition and control strategies.
• Experience in a regulated (GxP) environment with strong documentation and data integrity.
• Strong collaboration skills in cross-functional teams; ability to communicate clearly and elevate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support vaccine technology transfers by preparing technical inputs and documentation, coordinating readiness activities, and assisting during execution and start-up at receiving sites.
• Contribute to technical risk assessments and mitigation by gathering data, supporting fit-gap evaluations, and helping implement action plans.
• Support cross-functional technical workstreams/projects that enable transfer success and improve process performance.
• Support regional knowledge management implementation by maintaining transfer packages, playbooks, lessons learned, and best practices; coordinate updates across sites.
• Assist with post-transfer process robustness through monitoring/trending, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement in partnership with sites and Quality.
• Contribute to training and onboarding by maintaining training materials and delivering selected modules.
• Deliver compliant technical documentation and communication by drafting/reviewing protocols, reports, and trackers aligned with quality and regulatory expectations.

Skills

Biopharma manufacturing

Process development

Technology transfer

GxP documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical problem solving

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy

Job description

Merck in the United States is seeking a BTS Specialist and manufacturing process engineer to support vaccine technology transfers and regional projects, contributing to knowledge management and continuous process improvement.

The role collaborates across Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Global Engineering Solutions to ensure compliant transfer execution, robust processes, and timely milestones; requires a bachelor’s in life sciences and 2+ years in biopharma.