Specialist, Engineering

Location: West Point

Job Description

The Specialist, Engineering, will be responsible for support of production of live virus vaccines within bulk vaccine production and/or final formulation and filling operations. This engineer will be a member of the Technical Operations Deviation Management team in the Live Virus Vaccine Manufacturing End-to-End at the West Point site. The primary responsibility of the individual will be leading investigations associated with manufacturing deviations and development of actions in response to these deviations.

Support will be focused on the Deviation Management process including operations support, equipment troubleshooting, implementation of process/ equipment actions, and other related duties. This position will require development of technical expertise of corresponding IPT operations. Limited off-shift or weekend coverage may be required based on business unit needs and specific assignments.

Responsibilities include:

• Leads and/or works as part of a team on manufacturing investigations, identifying root cause, assessing impact, and recommending corrective actions.
• Has ability to examine an issue from diverse perspectives (safety, compliance, automation, equipment, process, and people) in order to best understand and resolve the root cause.
• Assures consistent application of standardized work, engineering, project management and process tools.
• Provides technical support to manufacturing shop floor for problems and issues.
• Conducts and designs experimental protocols as needed using the Technical Operations lab facilities and/or production equipment at full scale.
• Authors and updates technical and manufacturing documents necessary for investigations, process design/definition, engineering studies, process demonstrations, change control and validation.

Education

Minimum Requirements:

• B.S. degree in Engineering or Sciences.

Required

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum one (1) year post-bachelor's degree experience in a GMP (good manufacturing practices) manufacturing and/or technical support of GMP manufacturing operations (or M.S. degree with
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  Employee Status:
  Regular
  
  Relocation:
  No relocation
  
  VISA Sponsorship:
  No
  
  Travel Requirements:
  No Travel Required
  
  Flexible Work Arrangements:
  Hybrid
  
  Shift:
  1st - Day
  
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  Hazardous Material(s):
  N/A
  
  Job Posting End Date:
  08/25/2026
  
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