What are the responsibilities and job description for the AD Process Engineer position at Clark Davis Associates?
We are partnered with a pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, MA looking for Associate Director level Process Engineer focused on small molecule drug substance development.
Objective of the role:
- The candidate will lead complex programs and oversee all aspects of reaction and particle engineering. This includes developing scale-down models for studying unit operations, evaluating process safety, and managing technical transfers to external contract manufacturing organizations.
- The ideal candidate will have deep experience in using process analytical technologies (PAT) in combination with mathematical models (both statistical & first principle) to enhance process understanding to effectively develop/ optimize/ scale-up and troubleshoot processes.
- They will have experience with building scale-down equipment and developing innovative advanced process control strategies for both batch and continuous processes.
The position requires:
1. Ph.D. in chemical engineering with 8 years of experience in pharma
2. Experience in the use of mathematical, both statistical and first principle, models preferred
3. Experience in building reaction kinetic models as well as process models preferred
4. Experience in the use of process analytical technologies (FT-IR, NIR, FBRM, UV-vis, etc.) and building chemometric models a plus.
