CDC Process Engineer - Pharmaceutical Development
About this role
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture of inclusion and diversity that inspires innovation and collaboration.
Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D), which employs around 500 people at AstraZeneca Gothenburg, designs and delivers the active drug products (including formulations, devices, and packaging), required to support development of new medicines. Likewise, we design and deliver products to be used in toxicology studies or clinical trials, and we develop technology to ensure that a drug product can be scaled up and established at a commercial production site.
At Global Product Development (GPD) in Gothenburg, a sub-division of PT&D, we focus on the fields of Immediate Release Drug Products and Oral Controlled Release Drug products. You will join a vibrant team that is working on the next generation of medicines and play a key role in the development of technology and new medicinal products.
We are now recruiting a Continuous Direct Compression (CDC) process engineer, to join the Process Technology and Engineering unit, a sub team of GPD.
Responsibilities
- We are looking for an engineer/scientist with the capability and desire to develop further within the CDC technology area. The role will focus on hands-on work with the CDC equipment, along with associated documentation.
- The role holder will actively contribute to the delivery of products on the CDC line being an expert on CDC technology, and on mechanical operation of the CDC line. You will also have the opportunity to build and contribute with key data and input into our drug development projects. In this role, it is vital to have a passion for mechanical understanding of the CDC technol