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Scientist Engineer – Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish (JP15621)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Thousand Oaks, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 40 - 46
Hourly Salary:
Posted:
21 August 2026 (30 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Title: Scientist / Engineer Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish (JP15621)
Location: Thousand Oaks CA. 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: Commercial Drug Product
Duration: 1 year (with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent)
Posting Date: 07/23/26
Pay Rate: $40 - $46/hour W2
Notes: Only qualified candidates need apply.
3 Key Consulting is hiring aScientist / Engineer Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish for a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
We are seeking an Associate Scientist to support technical transfer and lifecycle-management activities for commercial drug product fill-finish processes. The individual will support transfers between development and manufacturing sites and will work closely with Process Development Manufacturing Quality Regulatory Analytical Sciences Engineering and other cross-functional partners.
The role will emphasize preparation and review of technical transfer documentation study protocols reports process assessments product impact assessments and regulatory-support documents. The candidate will also support process characterization and laboratory-based activities as needed.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end drug product manufacturing including formulation mixing hold operations sterile filtration filling lyophilization and product-contact systems. Time will be divided between supporting laboratory and process-development activities and developing clear scientifically rigorous technical documentation.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of drug product process development manufacturing support or technical transfer experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Candidates may come from a scientific or engineering background and may have held previous titles such as Associate Scientist Scientist or Engineer.
This role will have a strong focus on technical transfer documentation data evaluation and cross-functional project support. The candidate must also have sufficient hands-on laboratory and drug product process experience to understand the underlying science critically evaluate study results and develop technically sound documentation.
Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation compatibility or administration-system studies is a plus.
Why is the Position Open
Supplement additional workload on team
Top Must Have Skills:
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Red Flags:
Interview process:
phone interview with hiring manager supplemental interview with team. Can start interviewing now.
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: Commercial Drug Product
Duration: 1 year (with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent)
Posting Date: 07/23/26
Pay Rate: $40 - $46/hour W2
Notes: Only qualified candidates need apply.
3 Key Consulting is hiring aScientist / Engineer Drug Product Technical Transfer & Fill-Finish for a consulting engagement with our direct client a leading global biopharmaceutical company.
Job Description:
We are seeking an Associate Scientist to support technical transfer and lifecycle-management activities for commercial drug product fill-finish processes. The individual will support transfers between development and manufacturing sites and will work closely with Process Development Manufacturing Quality Regulatory Analytical Sciences Engineering and other cross-functional partners.
The role will emphasize preparation and review of technical transfer documentation study protocols reports process assessments product impact assessments and regulatory-support documents. The candidate will also support process characterization and laboratory-based activities as needed.
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end drug product manufacturing including formulation mixing hold operations sterile filtration filling lyophilization and product-contact systems. Time will be divided between supporting laboratory and process-development activities and developing clear scientifically rigorous technical documentation.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of drug product process development manufacturing support or technical transfer experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry. Candidates may come from a scientific or engineering background and may have held previous titles such as Associate Scientist Scientist or Engineer.
This role will have a strong focus on technical transfer documentation data evaluation and cross-functional project support. The candidate must also have sufficient hands-on laboratory and drug product process experience to understand the underlying science critically evaluate study results and develop technically sound documentation.
Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation compatibility or administration-system studies is a plus.
Why is the Position Open
Supplement additional workload on team
Top Must Have Skills:
- Drug product fill-finish and technical transfer experience
- Strong understanding of formulation mixing sterile filtration filling and transfer of parenteral drug product processes between development and commercial manufacturing sites.
- Technical writing and data interpretation
- Demonstrated ability to author data-verify and review technical protocols reports impact assessments transfer documents and regulatory-support documentation.
- Hands-on laboratory and analytical experience
- Experience executing drug product experiments and analytical testing including formulation filtration pipetting pH protein concentration viscosity and osmolality
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Author data-verify and review technical transfer documents study protocols technical reports product impact assessments data summaries and regulatory-support documentation.
- Compile analyze and interpret development and manufacturing data to support technical transfer process characterization validation and regulatory filings.
- Execute laboratory analytical testing including viscosity protein concentration pH osmolality and other relevant product-quality measurements.
- Execute laboratory experiments involving pipetting formulation mixing filtration sampling and product-contact evaluations.
- Provide technical support for drug product fill-finish processes including formulation mixing filtration and filling of vials syringes devices and other parenteral presentations.
- Assist with the development and characterization of drug product processes and transfer of technologies between development and commercial sterile fill-finish sites.
- Support commercial drug product activities involving sterile processing process characterization technical transfer validation and lifecycle management.
- Evaluate site-to-site differences in equipment materials scale process parameters and manufacturing procedures.
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Quality Regulatory Analytical Sciences Engineering and other support functions to advance technical transfer and commercial manufacturing activities.
- Participate in global cross-functional teams and work effectively within a highly matrixed environment.
- Troubleshoot drug product processing technologies and equipment using data-driven analyses and visualizations to identify root causes and recommend solutions.
- Support product-contact IV bag compatibility or administration-system studies as needed.
- Assist with transfer readiness site assessments comparability evaluations and validation support.
Basic Qualifications:
- Master degree OR Bachelor degree and 2 years of experience OR Associate degree and 6 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 8 years of experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous client or pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred. Experience supporting intravenous bag preparation compatibility or administration-system studies is a plus.
Red Flags:
- Multiple short-term roles without a clear contract- or project-based explanation.
- Limited direct drug product fill-finish or technical-transfer experience.
- Strong documentation claims without demonstrated technical depth data interpretation or hands-on laboratory experience.
Interview process:
phone interview with hiring manager supplemental interview with team. Can start interviewing now.
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.
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