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Scientist, Engineering

Job in Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, 07065, USA
Listing for: Merck
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-06
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Process Engineer, Biotechnology
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 87300 USD Yearly USD 87300.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Primary Responsibilities

The Bioprocess Drug Substance and Commercialization (BDSC) group within our Manufacturing Division focuses on late-stage process development, technology transfer, and in-line support of biologics. We seek a motivated scientist/engineer to work under technical direction of a group leader to support development and licensure. In this role, you will be responsible for:

  • Leading the hands‑on execution of experiments in biologics downstream processing, including lab‑scale process characterization, pilot‑scale process development, and process scale‑up/scale‑down model development.
  • Collaborating with commercial manufacturing teams as a process sciences representative to support facility start‑up and in‑line support activities, including on‑the‑floor support for drug substance manufacturing as needed.
  • Authoring and/or reviewing technical documents to support Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) and licensure.
Position Qualifications

Education Minimum Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or a comparable discipline with 2+ years of experience.

Required Experience and Skills
  • Significant experience with downstream processing of monoclonal antibody (mAb) products or similar products in a laboratory or manufacturing setting, including unit operations such as membrane filtration, preparative chromatography, ultrafiltration or tangential flow filtration, and viral clearance unit operations.
  • Mechanistic understanding of downstream processing separation sciences.
  • Ability to understand and execute experiments independently in a manner that meets quality and timeline expectations.
  • Well‑developed communication, organizational, and problem‑solving skills, with an attention to detail.
Preferred Experience and Skills
  • Large molecule drug substance technology transfer.
  • Collaboration with analytical teams, pilot‑scale, and/or manufacturing environment.
  • Experience authoring technical documentation in support of process description, process characterization, process performance qualification, risk assessment, control strategy, process comparability reports, and/or regulatory submissions.
  • Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) awareness or experience.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range for this role is $87,300.00 – $. The successful candidate will be eligible for an annual bonus and long‑term incentive, if applicable. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and other health insurance benefits for employees and families, retirement benefits (401(k)), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.

Location

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit EEOC Know Your Rights and EEOC GINA Supplement. We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment.

We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

Final date to receive applications

Job posting end date: 06/10/2026. Please apply before 11:59:59 PM on the day preceding the posted end date.

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