Senior Process Development Engineer

Hamilton | Permanent Full-Time

An established and growing pharmaceutical development organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Process Development Engineer to play a key role in the development, optimisation, and scale‑up of manufacturing processes for innovative healthcare products. This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled scientific and technical environment where you will work closely with formulation, analytical, quality and project teams to support the successful delivery of products from development through to commercialisation.

As the Senior Process Development Engineer you will be responsible for leading process development activities across the product lifecycle, ensuring manufacturing processes are robust, scalable and commercially viable. Working as a technical leader within multidisciplinary project teams, you will design and execute development studies, support technology transfer and validation activities, and provide process expertise that enables successful product delivery. You will work closely with scientists, engineers and project managers to solve complex technical challenges, improve process understanding and ensure development activities align with quality and regulatory expectations.

• A Master’s degree or PhD in Process Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a related scientific discipline.
• More than 10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical process development, process engineering, validation or related technical roles.
• Strong knowledge of process development, scale‑up, process characterisation and Quality by Design (QbD) principles.
• Experience supporting technology transfer, process validation and manufacturing readiness activities.
• A sound understanding of GxP requirements and pharmaceutical regulatory expectations.
• Strong experimental design, data analysis and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• A collaborative approach and a passion for continuous improvement.