Staff Engineer, Process Engineering

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Job Description

Staff Engineer

· Independently designs and executes complex experimental protocols and reports results.

· Owns a technical skill in its entirety and contributes significantly and independently to project work which may include multiple projects within functional area.

· Provides technical leadership to project teams within area of expertise and commits resources to execute specific project tasks.

· Reviews, interprets and communicates data cross-functionally within pharmaceutical sciences and project teams.

· Assists with the development of project strategy and communicates complex data/decisions within department and cross functionally as necessary.

· Identifies process trends, recommends and implements new technologies and innovations.

· Recognized as a technical expert and resource within function.

· Coordinates and leads technology transfer to internal or external manufacturing sites.

· Responsible for authoring relevant sections of regulatory documents, validation plans, reports and peer reviewed manuscripts.

· Proactively identifies vendors and builds relationships to gain access to technologies as needed to deliver on pipeline goals.

· Manages key vendor relationships across multiple projects as appropriate and proactively affects resolution of issues arising at vendors.

· Represents Takeda and is an active member on pre-competitive collaborations with academic and industrial partners.

· Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team environment is preferred.

· Experience in building laboratory and/or pilot plant equipment is preferred.

· Experience working in a pilot plant is preferred.

· Experience developing and applying first-principles, statistical, and/or data-driven models to guide experimentation and using experimental data to refine and validate models is preferred.

· Analytical and Problem Solving Skills - Able to troubleshoot critical issues or problems using appropriate information and determine causes and possible solutions

· Teamwork -- Ability to work well on global cross-functional teams.

· Communication Skills -Able to express oneself clearly and concisely within team; documents issues and/or concerns concisely with colleagues; adjusts communication style as appropriate for the audience; timely and effectively communicates with senior management; technical writing skills to support authorship and approval of internal technical documents

· Organization – Exercises good time management and prioritization skills to balance multiple project and departmental objectives

· Technical - Subject matter expertise in a specific scientific area or areas.

· Knowledge Sharing - Ability to capture knowledge within the organization; improves solutions, processes, and deliverables through use of information; improves information capital by contributing experience, theories, deliverables, and models for others to use

· Resource Management -Project management skills; ability to manage one’s time within individual, departmental, and program timelines