Senior Product Development Engineer

Overview

Secant Group is hiring a Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead and manage multiple projects for Research and Development in various stages of the product lifecycle, collaborating with scientists and cross‑functional teams to transition manufacturing processes to operations per integrated product development process (IPDP).

• Lead and manage multiple projects in R&D aligned with client commitments.
• Collaborate with R&D to gain fundamental understanding of materials and processes to ready technology for transition to New Product Development.
• Partner with scientists to develop scalable processing techniques (coating, formulation, mixing, dispensing, foaming, thermal processing, cross‑linking, API handling, polymer synthesis) as needed for client’s end application.
• Facilitate projects through development cycle with ultimate transition of manufacturing process to Operations per IPDP.
• Design processes scalable to a production environment based on client inputs and volume requirements.
• Communicate manufacturing and process development status, expectations, and constraints to internal and external stakeholders.
• Document all project phases per IPDP and maintain quality compliance data.
• Author SOPs, Work Instructions, Batch Records, Product Specifications, Process Performance Qualification, Process Operational Qualification plans and reports critical to product development.
• Support Business managers with technical inputs to customers for early development programs and support QA team with non‑conformance investigations as an SME.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Pharmaceutical Quality by Design (QbD) and/or FDA Design Controls.
• Experience managing technical projects.
• Ability to translate client inputs into engineering requirements.
• Proficient in technical writing and use of statistical tools, including Minitab.
• Excellent interpersonal, organization and decision‑making skills.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Project, and MS PowerPoint.

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition assistance
• Disability insurance