Associate Engineer, Biopharma Drug Substance, Single Use – RemoteHybrid (JP14818)
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Job Location:
Thousand Oaks, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 35 - 40
Posted on:
21 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title:Associate Engineer Biopharma Drug Substance Single Use Remote/Hybrid (JP14818)
Location:Thousand Oaks Ca 91320
Employment Type:Contract
Business Unit:ETA Drug Substance
Duration:1 years with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent
Posting Date:12/08/2025
Pay Rate:$35 - $40/hour W2 with benefits
Notes:Hybrid - occasionally onsite (meetings visiting collaborate with person onsite)
Shift/Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Schedule: 90% remote; on-site only for occasional meetings (likely once a month or less).
1 year with possibility to extend
3 Key Consulting is hiring anAssociate Engineerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
The ideal candidate for this Associate Engineer role is an early-career engineer typically a new graduate or someone with 02 years of industry experience who holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering and demonstrates a strong grasp of core engineering principles. Exposure to single-use systems or biotech engineering is helpful but not required; training will be provided.
The candidate should be detail-oriented comfortable performing data entry into engineering databases and eager to support design reviews and day-to-day engineering workload alongside a senior engineer. We are seeking individuals who are motivated collaborative and genuinely interested in hands-on learning within a highly supportive team. Overqualification is a concern for this role; candidates with extensive engineering backgrounds (e.g. senior or principal-level profiles) will not be a fit. The position is primarily remote with infrequent site visits so reliability communication skills and self-management are essential.
Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation design and delivery of projects particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining organizing and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad cross-functional user base at the company in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.
The position requires a lot of independent work which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. The worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single uses systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing process development supply chain etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.
Top Must Have Skills:
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Ideal candidate: training is provided but the ideal candidate can update data into the system and attention to detail is crucial. Someone who can work independently in a fast-paced environment that can accept feedback.
Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation design and delivery of projects particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining organizing and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad cross-functional user base at the company in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.
The position requires a lot of independent work which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. This worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single-use systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing process development supply chain etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor degree OR Associate degree and 4 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience
Red Flags:
Overqualification:
Individuals with extensive experience (1025 years) in engineering roles (Senior Principal Staff levels) are not appropriate for an Associate Engineer role.
If it appears they are applying far below their level with no clear reason this is a concern.
Interview process:
Video interview with Hiring manager
Video interview with Senior Engineer
We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.
Location:Thousand Oaks Ca 91320
Employment Type:Contract
Business Unit:ETA Drug Substance
Duration:1 years with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent
Posting Date:12/08/2025
Pay Rate:$35 - $40/hour W2 with benefits
Notes:Hybrid - occasionally onsite (meetings visiting collaborate with person onsite)
Shift/Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Schedule: 90% remote; on-site only for occasional meetings (likely once a month or less).
1 year with possibility to extend
3 Key Consulting is hiring anAssociate Engineerfor a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
The ideal candidate for this Associate Engineer role is an early-career engineer typically a new graduate or someone with 02 years of industry experience who holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering and demonstrates a strong grasp of core engineering principles. Exposure to single-use systems or biotech engineering is helpful but not required; training will be provided.
The candidate should be detail-oriented comfortable performing data entry into engineering databases and eager to support design reviews and day-to-day engineering workload alongside a senior engineer. We are seeking individuals who are motivated collaborative and genuinely interested in hands-on learning within a highly supportive team. Overqualification is a concern for this role; candidates with extensive engineering backgrounds (e.g. senior or principal-level profiles) will not be a fit. The position is primarily remote with infrequent site visits so reliability communication skills and self-management are essential.
Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation design and delivery of projects particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining organizing and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad cross-functional user base at the company in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.
The position requires a lot of independent work which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. The worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single uses systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing process development supply chain etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.
Top Must Have Skills:
- BS Engineering degree in related field (Chemical/Mechanical Engineering) open to new grads
- GMP or Biotech industry experience preferred.
- Single use systems (engineering equipment) knowledge preferred
- Self-starter and eagerness to learn
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Ideal candidate: training is provided but the ideal candidate can update data into the system and attention to detail is crucial. Someone who can work independently in a fast-paced environment that can accept feedback.
Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation design and delivery of projects particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining organizing and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad cross-functional user base at the company in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.
The position requires a lot of independent work which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. This worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single-use systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing process development supply chain etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor degree OR Associate degree and 4 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience
Red Flags:
Overqualification:
Individuals with extensive experience (1025 years) in engineering roles (Senior Principal Staff levels) are not appropriate for an Associate Engineer role.
If it appears they are applying far below their level with no clear reason this is a concern.
Interview process:
Video interview with Hiring manager
Video interview with Senior Engineer
We invite qualified candidates to sendyour resume to. Ifyou decide that youre not interested in pursuing this particular position please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our You are also welcome to sharethis opportunity withanyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.
Regards
3KC Talent Acquisition Team
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Electrical Engineering
- GIS
- Raspberry Pi
- System Design
- C/C++
- CAD
- Matlab
- Mechanical Engineering
- Autocad
- Microsoft Project
- Catia
