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Packaging Engineer R&D, Senior Associate Scientist

Employer
Pfizer
Location
Groton, Connecticut
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Sep 30, 2022

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Discipline
Physical Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Research Scientist, Staff Scientist
Organization Type
All Industry, Pharma
Why Patients Need You

Everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to the quality and the delivery of safe and effective products to patients. Our science and risk-based compliant quality culture is flexible, innovative, and customer oriented. Whether you are involved in development, maintenance, compliance or analysis through research programs, your contribution will directly impact patients.

What You Will Achieve

Pfizer is seeking an entry level packaging engineer to work in the R&D pharmaceutical dosage form packaging group. The focus of the position is on supporting solid, liquids and topical dosage packaging development projects for new pharmaceutical products for the global market, including component/material screening and selection, package design, tooling design and construction, testing, qualification, and support of regulatory filings. The position will involve a combination of laboratory experimental work, documentation, and interaction with project teams, manufacturing sites, and vendors.

It How You Will Achieve
  • Utilize technical experience, fundamental scientific knowledge and agreed Best Practices for packaging design and development for pharmaceutical dosage forms.
  • Help solve packaging problems collaboratively in a team environment using the scientific method and appropriate experimental designs.
  • Work closely with formulators, analysts, and manufacturing colleagues on co-development to ensure successful commercial scale up and launch.
  • Support the authorship of development reports, and packaging related sections of regulatory submission documents (e.g. Common Technical Dossier for drug product filings).
  • Support initiatives to develop best practices, test methods, and work processes to drive efficiencies.
  • Recommend and help implement new packaging and dosing device technologies to support global R&D goals.
  • Travel domestically and internationally approximately 5% (as required, post-pandemic).


This position resides in the Worldwide Packaging Development group within the Formulation and Process Design (FPD) line ofDrug Product Design (DPD). Common interactions for this role include:
  • Partner Pharmaceutical Science lines (such as Analytical R&D, Chemical R&D, Global CMC, Drug Product Supply, etc.) as member of the Pharmaceutical Science Project Team.
  • Packaging component/material and equipment vendors
  • Drug product clinical and commercial manufacturing site colleagues


Qualifications

Must-Have
  • A BS degree in Packaging Science, Material Science, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering or related field.
  • Strong academic record.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to support building productive relationships with suppliers and colleagues.
  • Experience working on teams.


Nice-to-Have
  • A BS degree in Packaging Science or Engineering with 1 to 5 years experience in packaging development.
  • Material manufacturing and converting, product/packaging interaction, barrier properties, stability modeling, global pharmaceutical packaging regulations, and package testing and problem solving.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing and quality attributes for packaging components.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Strong priority setting skills.


PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires the typical physical demands of a general scientific laboratory environment with respect to generally standing during experimental execution and sitting and working at a computer during documentation of work.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Occasional domestic and international ground/air travel is expected via commercial carriers (as necessary, post pandemic).

OTHER INFORMATION

Relocation support available

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Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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