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Senior Scientist - Process Analytical Technology – Advanced Process Control and PAT-CHE005252

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.


As a member of Global Science and Commercialization Technology-Analytical Chemistry in Development and Supply (GSTC-ACDS), you will be responsible for identifying opportunities for advanced process control (APC) and the deployment and realization of APC tools to Merck’s small molecule, vaccines’ and biologics’ products. APC as used here encompasses a wide range of tools including Model Predictive Control and Statistical Process Control. The selected individual will have the opportunity to collaborate with Technical Operations, IT, Quality and other manufacturing groups at multiple sites to make significant contributions towards Merck’s process robustness and consistency goals.

The scope of the contributions include assessing local business needs, development and implementation of advanced process control and model predictive control algorithms that will ultimately help meet Merck’s World Class Supply objectives of highest quality, lowest cost, and shortest lead time.

Responsibilities:

- Lead interactions with end-users to understand business needs and develop solutions based on Advanced Process Control principles.
- Lead the development and implementation of multivariate models for monitoring and/or control for a wide variety of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
- Identify or develop software solutions to realize real-time process monitoring and Advanced Process Control.
- Active engagement with IT groups to implement solutions.

Qualifications

Education:

- Required: M.S. or Ph.D. Chemistry, Statistics, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related discipline. OR B.S. with a minimum of eight (8) years of industry experience.

Required:

- Expertise in the design and selection of various control algorithms including PID loops, multivariate model predictive control, advanced process control such as adaptive, predictive, feed-forward and feed-backward control.
- Modeling skills such as Partial Least Squares, Principal Component Analysis and modeling of dynamic systems.
- Demonstrated history of having deployed monitoring or control algorithms in manufacturing environments.
- Ability to communicate broadly & translate process requirements into process control and automation strategies.
- Applicant must have excellent written and oral communication skills and will be expected to continually draw upon his/her ability to think independently, to solve problems, and to apply innovative scientific approaches.

Preferred:

- Experience with implementation of MVDA, MSPC or APC in a GMP environment.
- Knowledge of basic controls system hardware architecture, including PLCs, DCS, SCADA, etc.
- Experience with Matlab Simulink or other similar software.
- Experience with one or more data historians such as Oracle or SQL databases.
- Expertise in signal processing and is knowledgeable on controller validation, tuning and optimization.

Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Job: Chemistry - Science & Technology

Job Title:Sr. Scientist, Chemistry

Primary Location: NA-US-PA-West Point

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time

Number of Openings: 1

Shift (if applicable): 1st

Hazardous Materials: No

Company Trade Name:Merck

Company

Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of people globally through our innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, consumer health and animal products. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.

We have made it our mission to provide innovative, distinctive products and services that save and improve lives, satisfy customer needs and to be recognized as a great place to work

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