Senior Scientist, Drug Product Technologies
Amgen
August 19, 2026
Remote friendly (Thousand Oaks, CA)
United States
Operations
Senior Scientist, Drug Product Technologies
What You Will Do
- Responsible for late-stage drug product formulation and fill/finish process development for biological modalities (large molecule, RNA, virus).
- Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for biologics drug product development, commercialization, and lifecycle management.
- Serve as visual inspection technical SME across manual, semi-automated, and automated inspection platforms; develop robust inspection strategies with cross-functional teams.
- Leverage scientific expertise, data analytics, digital technologies, and AI-enabled capabilities (including generative AI, LLMs, and in silico modeling) to advance inspection practices and accelerate development.
- Collaborate to develop and proceduralize lean study designs; create tools for data acquisition, analysis, and modeling; improve operational efficiency.
- Plan, design, execute, and document laboratory studies (formulation, aseptic processing, visual inspection, fill/finish) supporting commercialization and lifecycle management.
- Perform data analysis using advanced statistical/analytical techniques; apply first principles modeling.
- Support fill/finish manufacturing via process capability analysis, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and product impact assessments.
- Author/review protocols, reports, guideline documents, and regulatory sections supporting IND and marketing applications.
- Deliver progress reports/presentations; may lead cross-site teams; assist with deviations/exceptions.
- Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete tasks.
- Travel: up to 10% domestic/international.
What We Expect Of You
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD (or PharmD/MD) [and relevant post-doc where applicable]
- OR Master’s degree + 3 years Engineering and/or Operations experience
- OR Bachelor’s degree + 5 years Engineering and/or Operations experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD with 2 years industry experience
- Visual inspection development/manufacturing experience
- Experience with Knapp studies
- Experience in packaging and inspection equipment
- Pharma inspection background
Benefits (Total Rewards)
- Retirement and Savings Plan; group medical/dental/vision; life/disability; flexible spending accounts; discretionary annual bonus/incentive; stock-based long-term incentives; time-off plans; flexible work models where possible.
Application Instructions
- Apply via careers.amgen.com. No application deadline; applications accepted until sufficient number/selected candidate. Sponsorship not guaranteed.
What You Will Do
- Responsible for late-stage drug product formulation and fill/finish process development for biological modalities (large molecule, RNA, virus).
- Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for biologics drug product development, commercialization, and lifecycle management.
- Serve as visual inspection technical SME across manual, semi-automated, and automated inspection platforms; develop robust inspection strategies with cross-functional teams.
- Leverage scientific expertise, data analytics, digital technologies, and AI-enabled capabilities (including generative AI, LLMs, and in silico modeling) to advance inspection practices and accelerate development.
- Collaborate to develop and proceduralize lean study designs; create tools for data acquisition, analysis, and modeling; improve operational efficiency.
- Plan, design, execute, and document laboratory studies (formulation, aseptic processing, visual inspection, fill/finish) supporting commercialization and lifecycle management.
- Perform data analysis using advanced statistical/analytical techniques; apply first principles modeling.
- Support fill/finish manufacturing via process capability analysis, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and product impact assessments.
- Author/review protocols, reports, guideline documents, and regulatory sections supporting IND and marketing applications.
- Deliver progress reports/presentations; may lead cross-site teams; assist with deviations/exceptions.
- Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete tasks.
- Travel: up to 10% domestic/international.
What We Expect Of You
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD (or PharmD/MD) [and relevant post-doc where applicable]
- OR Master’s degree + 3 years Engineering and/or Operations experience
- OR Bachelor’s degree + 5 years Engineering and/or Operations experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD with 2 years industry experience
- Visual inspection development/manufacturing experience
- Experience with Knapp studies
- Experience in packaging and inspection equipment
- Pharma inspection background
Benefits (Total Rewards)
- Retirement and Savings Plan; group medical/dental/vision; life/disability; flexible spending accounts; discretionary annual bonus/incentive; stock-based long-term incentives; time-off plans; flexible work models where possible.
Application Instructions
- Apply via careers.amgen.com. No application deadline; applications accepted until sufficient number/selected candidate. Sponsorship not guaranteed.