Bioprocess Hardware Specialist
West Chester, United States, Pennsylvania, 19380
We Are Teva
Our Team, Your Impact
This Bioprocess Hardware Specialis is focused on the reliability, operation, and optimization of manufacturing skids within a clinical production environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that upstream, downstream, and fill-finish systems remain fully operational, serving as the primary technical expert for hardware and software performance, chemical safety, and equipment integrity.
How You’ll Spend Your Day
⦁ Provide technical oversight and maintenance support for upstream (bioreactors), downstream (chromatography, filtration), and fill-finish clinical production skids.
⦁ Perform advanced troubleshooting of hardware and software issues to maximize uptime and ensure the stability of clinical manufacturing runs.
⦁ Monitor and optimize equipment performance and engineering process flows to meet clinical production timelines.
⦁ Oversee the cleaning and maintenance of process skids (CIP/SIP), ensuring all protocols align with validated clinical standards and safety requirements.
⦁ Apply a deep understanding of chemical reactions and safety protocols to manage hazardous materials and ensure a safe, compliant operating environment.
⦁ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement equipment upgrades and process optimizations specific to clinical scale-up.
⦁ Lead the documentation of technical equipment issues, root cause analysis, and corrective actions (CAPA) within the clinical quality system.
⦁ Provide technical guidance and training to operators on equipment handling, control interfaces, and safety procedures.
⦁ Support validation and commissioning activities for new skids or modified manufacturing hardware.
Your Skills and Experience
⦁ Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, or a related scientific field.
⦁ A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the biologics pharmaceutical industry, with a focus on clinical manufacturing environments.
⦁ Demonstrated expertise in troubleshooting and optimizing automated manufacturing systems (both hardware and software/control logic).
⦁ Thorough understanding of cGMP regulations, chemical safety standards, and specialized cleaning protocols for pharmaceutical skids.
⦁ Proven ability to manage the technical and operational complexities of manufacturing equipment.
How We’ll Take Care of You
We offer a competitive benefits package, including:
•Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
•Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
•Time Off: Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time, and holiday.
• Life and Disability Protection: Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Additional benefits include, but are not limited to, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Assistance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Life Style Spending Account, Volunteer Time Off, Paid Parental Leave, if eligible , Family Building Benefits, Virtual Physical Therapy, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Plan, Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability and more.
The total compensation may also include restricted stock units and discretionary awards, depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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