Associate Principal Engineer Packaging Design

Are you ready to make a significant impact on patients lives As an Associate Principal Engineer of Packaging Design you will be at the forefront of planning designing and developing packaging materials. Your expertise will ensure the safe manufacture storage and transport of our life-changing drug products throughout their lifecycle. Join us in optimizing packaging for product protection security and sustainability.

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In this role you will help AstraZeneca biologics operations achieve best-in-class packaging solutions. You will be responsible for planning designing developing qualifying transferring and supporting the manufacturing of packaged products. Your work will align with business needs and comply with laws and regulations throughout a products lifecycle.

Essential Skills/Experience:
- Bachelors degree in engineering or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of significant engineering or operational experience.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Strong interpersonal organizational collaboration and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to progress a packaging project from inception to commercialization including packaging materials designs and manufacturing processes qualification validation and systems.
- Experience designing packages with auto-CAD for secondary packaging systems for vials and combination products (accessorized pre-filled syringes auto-injectors) and tertiary systems.
- Experience in designing shipping qualification studies (real and simulated with accelerometers).
- Experience in transferring and supporting assembly label and pack production.
- Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) packaging laws regulations and guidance and experience authoring quality management system (QMS) documents: change controls CAPAs (Corrective Actions / Preventive Actions) and deviations.
- Authoring study protocols and reports specifications SOPs batch records etc.

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience in device combination products packaging and assembly.

AstraZeneca offers an environment where innovation thrives. With constant new products and launches we are at the cutting edge of science and manufacturing. Our team is united by a common goal to succeed continuously seeking new ways to deliver medicines to patients. We embrace challenges as opportunities to learn and grow. Here you will find a dynamic environment that encourages collaboration and rewards ideas.

Ready to make a difference Join us in shaping the future of healthcare. Apply today!

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $1140947.60 to $171146.40 Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and addition our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles) and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical prescription drug dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired employee will be in an at-will position and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance Company or individual department/team performance and market factors

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