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Senior Process Engineer

Swiftwater, Pennsylvania Salary Range   USD 100,500.00 - 145,166.66
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Our teams produce and deliver over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines every year, ensuring every breakthrough gets to the people who need it most.
Our state-of-the-art facilities, AI-powered smart factories, and cutting-edge automation are redefining what’s possible: ensuring treatments reach patients faster, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. This is where your skills, ambition, and passion can shape the future of healthcare.

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer

Location: Swiftwater, PA

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.


Manufacturing and Supply (M&S) at our Swiftwater, Pennsylvania site, the largest vaccine manufacturing facility in the US, continues to develop its manufacturing assets to produce existing and new vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Sanofi provides associates in M&S a variety of opportunities to develop and enhance their career through the ability to work in diverse roles across functions, resources for continuous learning, and assistance for those wishing to further their education.

The Senior Process Engineer / Scientist, within the Manufacturing Sciences, Analytics, and Technology (MSAT) function of Industrial Affairs, performs activities supporting the development, process engineering and continuous improvement of Drug Product.  The mission of the MSAT function is to deliver robust and efficient processes & testing with associated knowledge to transfer to Manufacturing. The MSAT function also provides daily support to manufacturing toward industrial performance excellence.  The individual in this position will:

  • Drive the technical strategy and project deliverables across the Process Engineering (Drug Product) landscape for multiple projects across the Swiftwater site.

  • Serve as a Product & Process Specialist (SPP) for general pharmaceutical technologies, transfers and change management implementation with emphasis on Drug Product processes.

  • Comply with cGMP and other internal and external quality and regulatory guidance, as well as health and safety guidelines.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

  • Function as the platform’s SME Drug Product and Senior Process Engineer.

  • Lead and deliver technical studies and innovative strategies for Manufacturing assist, Technology Transfers and New Vaccines operations.

  • Provide Shop Floor assistance to support investigations, troubleshooting, CAPA and Change Control activities.

  • Author / review / approve process design specifications and validation project plans.

  • Author / review / approve technical documents which support project execution and manufacturing assistance.

  • Secure reliable and sustainable supply

  • Enable IA network and partnership development for market access expansion

  • Foster innovative high-performance products and solutions to patients

  • Provide technical expertise for the design/maintenance of manufacturing processes

  • Communicate and interpret documented study results within the platform or project

  • Comply with platform procedures training

  • Comply with cGMP and other internal and external quality and regulatory guidance.

  • Comply with health and safety guidelines

  • Having a strong working knowledge of the relationship between Drug Product and Process Engineering.

  • Working with different disciplines (Quality, Manufacturing Operations, Regulatory Affairs, and Engineering) in the execution of development to industrialize processes for clinical and licensed products to assure commercialization of robust, compliant, and efficient processes for vaccines and biopharmaceuticals.

  • Participating in programs that use structured methodologies such as Quality by Design, Design Space and Process Control Strategies in the course of industrial process design, validation and control.

  • Support responses to process deviations, delivering technical solutions and communicating outcomes to site management.

  • Promote innovation to keep up to date with the latest regulatory expectations and industry trends.

  • Self-management of workload to include scheduling of line time, installations, process/equipment troubleshooting.

Key Competencies:

  • Model and maintain effective relationships with customers in FFI and support personnel to be the partner of choice for technical and scientific needs within area of expertise.

  • Effectively communicate study outcomes and project impacts to all levels of site leadership and global representatives

  • Lead proactive and strong collaboration internally and across M+S functions in forward thinking with an attitude of optimization and continuous improvement.

  • Proactively anticipate and effectively communicate constraints, conflicts, solutions and actions for resolution

  • Collaborate cross functionally with project management groups and the Injectables Leadership team to align priorities and platform staffing forecasts.

  • Development and lead documentation and deliverables to satisfy regulatory guidelines for new and legacy products. Author, review and approve Injectables procedures, development, and validation reports.

About You

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or relevant scientific/engineering degree.
  • 5-10 years of experience with drug substance, drug product development and validation processes.
  • 3 - 5 years’ experience designing all Single-Use product pathways for formulations and sterile filtrations.
  • 5 Years experience in tech transfer and supporting the movement of legacy products from decommissioned manufacturing line to a current state manufacturing lines required.
  • Knowledge of operation and peripheral processes associated with process engineering activities.

Preferred Skills:

  • Strong technical writing skills.

  • Attitude of collaboration.

  • Process Development

  • Equipment troubleshooting, installation, controls.

  • Experience but not required automation, electronic equipment, PLC or machine control processes

Why Choose Us?

  • Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

  • Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

  • Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

  • Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

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