Crystal Equation
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Engineer
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:
Red Flags:
HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience, and passion to work toward your goals? At our company, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.
In this dynamic role you will be managing activities in the High-Pressure Development Lab (HPDL), supporting high throughput experiment (HTE) solubility/crystallization screening work, and HTE reaction screening automation workflows within the Drug Substance Technologies – Synthetics (DSTS) group. These workflows support activities across all stages of process development in the synthetics portfolio, including route selection, process optimization, and process characterization. The candidate will work under the supervision of the HPDL and HTE Owners and will be onsite lab support.
Responsibilities:
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay range is $31 - $36 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
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Engineer
1 Amgen Center Dr. Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 US
Posted: 10/20/2025
2025-10-20
2025-12-10
Job Number: 41428
Job Description
Engineer
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:
- Lab expertise
- Data logging/automation
- Communication
Red Flags:
- This is not a remote position; the candidate must be physically present and actively working in the laboratory environment.
- TO based position and cannot be moved to other sites
- too much experience 2-5 YOE would be ideal 8+ would be too much experience
HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience, and passion to work toward your goals? At our company, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.
In this dynamic role you will be managing activities in the High-Pressure Development Lab (HPDL), supporting high throughput experiment (HTE) solubility/crystallization screening work, and HTE reaction screening automation workflows within the Drug Substance Technologies – Synthetics (DSTS) group. These workflows support activities across all stages of process development in the synthetics portfolio, including route selection, process optimization, and process characterization. The candidate will work under the supervision of the HPDL and HTE Owners and will be onsite lab support.
Responsibilities:
- Management of high-pressure reactors in the HPDL and provide hands-on training and oversight to the users of the equipment.
- Advancement of automation capabilities for HPDL/HTE lab equipment and data management.
- Author, review, and approve of documentation needed for equipment management and experimental activities.
- Lead lab inventory management including monitoring usage, ordering, and restocking of consumables.
- Monitor training compliance and participate in EHSS risk assessments.
- Design, execution, and interpretation of HTE solubility/crystallization screening activities including solid-state characterization (XRPD, DSC/TGA, HPLC and similar methods) to support project teams.
- Act as superuser of all high-pressure development equipment.
- Provide hands-on training and oversight for new users and refresher training to previous users.
- Represent organization within a multi-functional team to ensure deliverables are aligned with timeline, such that key achievements are established and achieved.
- Author, review, and/or approve of process documentation needed for equipment management and experimental activities.
- Coordinate equipment scheduling for new experiment requests.
- Submit work orders, independently manage equipment maintenance and support equipment troubleshooting.
- Support preventative maintenance operations related to lab equipment and utilities
- Monitor reactive gas inventory, coordinate gas reservoir refills and cylinder replacements.
- Lead lab inventory management including monitoring usage, ordering, and restocking of consumables.
- Establish management system for equipment replacement parts and maintain stock.
- Expertise with lab equipment handling and repair to troubleshoot challenges.
- Support authoring of training documentation for lab operations and equipment.
- Monitor training compliance and coordinate training refreshers through our training system.
- Participate in and curate content for core and steering team meetings.
- Work closely with process development chemists and engineers to generate and interpret data to provide improved understanding and guidance.
- Lead efforts to upgrade aging equipment (100 mL EasyMax and 5 L Buchi)
- Identify scope and implementation plan for retrievable data logging (pressure, temperature, and gas uptake) from equipment
- Identify HTE activities that can be automated and minimize manual intervention
Preferred Qualifications:
- An ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or chemistry with 2 years of synthetic lab experience.
- Command of chemical lab operations and associated safety practices.
- Ability to work in a team environment, collaborating with various colleagues in process development including process chemists and analytical chemists, as well as cross-functional collaboration with Environmental, Health, Safety, & Sustainability, Facilities & Engineering, lab management, and third-party vendors.
- Experience with X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) or thermal analysis (DSC/TGA) is a plus.
- Interest, skills, and motivation for advancing lab activities and management with wide impact.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast-paced team environment to ensure continuity, efficiency, and reliability of lab operations.
- Excellent presentation, written and verbal skills.
- Knowledge of basic office software including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Pay range is $31 - $36 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
For more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please visit crystalequation.com/privacy.
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