Senior Packaging Engineer

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.

As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Packaging Engineering department is a key partner to commercial manufacturing, providing direct technical support to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient packaging operations.

In this role, you will work closely with manufacturing teams on the shop floor to sustain packaging line performance, resolve issues in real time, and drive continuous improvement. The position focuses on lifecycle management of packaging systems within a GMP environment, ensuring consistent product supply and operational excellence across commercial production.

This role is highly hands-on and requires applying engineering, physics, and materials science principles to troubleshoot and resolve packaging and material-related challenges in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. You will also play an important role in mentoring junior engineers and supporting the development of technical capabilities within the team.

• Provide day-to-day technical support to commercial packaging operations, including on-the-floor troubleshooting and issue resolution
• Investigate and resolve deviations, non-conformances, and packaging-related events, including root cause analysis and implementation of effective CAPAs
• Support packaging line performance by identifying and implementing improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce downtime, and minimize waste
• Evaluate and qualify packaging materials to ensure suitability for commercial manufacturing, including managing material changes and supplier issues
• Develop and execute test protocols, generate technical assessments, and support documentation required for material and process changes
• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, QA, Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Regulatory teams to ensure alignment and rapid issue resolution
• Manage and prioritize multiple operational and project-based activities to meet production schedules and business needs

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The packaging professional we seek will possess these qualifications.

Master’s degree and 2 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience

Associate’s degree and 8 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design experience

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• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or Industrial Design

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• Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical packaging, with strong exposure to commercial manufacturing support

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• Hands-on experience in a GMP manufacturing environment, including deviation management and root cause analysis

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• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, operations-driven setting

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• Experience leading or mentoring team members is preferred

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• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

A strong understanding of materials commonly used in pharmaceutical packaging is essential. Familiarity with the structural and chemical properties of glass, polymers, adhesives, inks, varnishes, and paper is critical to effectively support manufacturing operations.

If you are motivated by solving real-time challenges on the production floor and ensuring consistent, high-quality product supply, this role offers an excellent opportunity to make a direct impact.

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.