Process Engineer III

Job Description

Location : Woburn, MA

Vaxess is a NIH and venture-funded company developing a pipeline of next-generation vaccines and therapeutics on the MIMIX platform. With only five minutes of wear-time on the skin, the self-applied MIMIX patch enables up to two weeks of sustained delivery. The platform combines high temperature stability with simplified application to dramatically alter the way that drugs are delivered. Vaxess is committed to enabling products that are not only more effective, but also more accessible to patients around the world.

Research & development at Vaxess is cross-disciplinary, integrating mechanical, industrial, biomedical, and chemical engineering with chemistry, biology, and human factors to address important unmet medical needs. We are seeking a talented, collaborative, and highly motivated engineer to join our growing team. This role offers a unique opportunity to build manufacturing capacity from the ground up to bring innovative technology to the global vaccine and therapeutic market.

Responsibilities

• Characterize and improve manufacturing process unit operations by designing, executing, and analyzing process development experiments; communicate results via written reports and oral presentations to internal and project teams
• Support manufacturing scale-up by assessing novel equipment, work flows, analytical techniques / PAT, and process configurations
• Support manufacturing operations by incorporating equipment and process improvements within established processes and equipment trains, and by revising manufacturing batch records, SOPs, and other controlled documents to reflect changes; contribute to implementing and maintaining Vaxess’ Quality System.
• Supervise and mentor junior engineer(s) and technicians, including a direct report
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support product development and manufacturing activities.

Qualifications

Vaxess is building a team of exceptional people to rapidly advance product development. We work closely as a team and thrive in a dynamic, exciting, and engaging work environment. If you’re interested in joining the Vaxess team, please submit your CV / resume to careers@vaxess.com .