Senior Staff Engineer, Modeling and Data

Position: Senior Staff Engineer, Modeling and Data Applications
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Job Description Senior Staff Engineer, Modeling Are you looking for a patient-focused company that will inspire you and support your career? If so, be empowered to take charge of your future at Takeda.  Join us as a Senior Staff Engineer, Biologics Process Development in our Lexington office.

Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. As a Senior Staff Engineer working on the Biologics Process Development team, you will be empowered to develop and optimize tools to enable development processes and model process economics for use in manufacturing facilities.

POSITION OBJECTIVES:

The successful candidate will be part of the Data & Modeling Applications Group within Biotherapeutics Process Development and will support process development and optimization of production processes for biopharmaceuticals through modeling approaches. POSITION

ACCOUNTABILITIES :

Mechanistic modeling of upstream and downstream processes with simulation software applications to enhance model-based process development

Modeling of process sustainability and economics of new or improved biopharmaceutical manufacturing platforms and fit into manufacturing facilities

Perform multivariate process trending analysis in support of development and optimization of manufacturing processes for biopharmaceuticals and bioconjugates

Model impact of innovative strategies on existing and new manufacturing processes

Apply modeling approaches to process development including model transfer learning

Provide modeling support for biopharmaceutical process characterization activities in preparation for process validation

Evaluation of process and cost modeling software applications for use in biopharmaceutical development

Collaboration with internal and external groups

Represent the Process Development Department on various project teams

Development of AI/ML model applications for hybrid models, and the exploration of innovative approaches to model building, including AI/ML techniques.

EDUCATION,

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

To Be Considered at the Senior Staff Engineer Level:The preferred candidate holds a Ph.D. degree or a M.S. degree in biochemical engineering/biotechnology, data sciences, predictive modeling or closely related fields with 3+ years (PhD.) or 10+ years (M.S.) of experience in modeling and bioprocess development. Requirements:

The open position requires hands-on experience in process modeling applications (such as gProms, GoSilico, Bio Solve, SIMCA, etc.).Additional hands-on and lab-based process and/or high-throughput development experience is preferred.

The candidate should be familiar with cGMPs for biopharmaceuticals and regulatory submissions and show the ability to work well independently as well as a member of a team.

High communication skills, excellent written and verbal communication

Programming skills (e.g. Matlab, Python)
Ability to present findings clearly to non-technical stakeholders

Ability to work in fast-paced environments

Teamwork skills for working in a diverse, global environment

Willingness to stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologiesTRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

May require approximately 10-20% travel

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