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Principal Engineer - Equipment Integration and Technical Services

WuXi AppTec · Remote (US) · Remote

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About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer - Equipment Integration and Technical Services to serve as the site technical authority for process equipment design, equipment-to-facility integration, and lifecycle technical support at the Middletown drug product facility. This senior individual contributor will provide technical continuity from final design and construction through commissioning, start-up, and routine operations.

What they're looking for

  • Conduct engineering risk assessments, option analyses, and cost/schedule trade-off evaluations, and present clear, technically supported recommendations to site and project leadership
  • Confirm that vendor and contractor technical deliverables are complete, coordinated, and suitable for installation, operation, maintenance, qualification, and future change control
  • Establish and maintain site engineering standards, equipment-integration checklists, design-review practices, and technical documentation expectations to improve consistency and reduce rework
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to equipment engineers and project team members, review complex engineering work, and support development of internal site engineering capability
More about this role

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer - Equipment Integration and Technical Services to serve as the site technical authority for process equipment design, equipment-to-facility integration, and lifecycle technical support at the Middletown drug product facility. This senior individual contributor will provide technical continuity from final design and construction through commissioning, start-up, and routine operations. The role will lead complex design decisions, major equipment and facility modifications, multidisciplinary troubleshooting, and technical risk resolution for Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) manufacturing and packaging systems. The Principal Engineer will lead technical workstreams and mentor engineers without direct people-management responsibility.

  • Serve as the site technical design authority for OSD manufacturing and packaging equipment, ensuring that process equipment, facility design, utilities, controls, containment, material flow, and operator access function together as an operable, safe, and maintainable system.
  • Review and approve equipment layouts, general-arrangement drawings, 3D models, stack-up studies, P&IDs, utility requirements,...

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