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Associate Specialist, Engineering (Onsite)

at Merck

📍 USA - New Jersey - Rahway Hybrid 💰 $71K – $113K USD / year Posted March 22, 2026
Salary $71K – $113K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience entry
Exp. Years Entry level
Education Not specified
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

This role supports the design, commissioning, and qualification of equipment and facilities in a sterile drug manufacturing environment, ensuring compliance with GMP standards.

  • Support equipment design
  • Assist in facility startup
  • Conduct commissioning and qualification
  • Perform risk assessments
  • Ensure GMP compliance

The position involves working with aseptic processing equipment, facility commissioning, and qualification activities to enable sterile manufacturing operations.

The ideal candidate is an entry-level engineer with foundational knowledge of aseptic processing, equipment qualification, and sterile manufacturing, eager to support facility startup and operational readiness in a biotech environment.

Equipment designFacility startupCommissioningQualificationAseptic operations
Process equipmentRisk assessmentSterile manufacturing
Aseptic processing equipment
equipment designfacility startupcommissioningqualificationaseptic operationsprocess equipmentrisk assessmentsterile manufacturing
Equipment DesignFacility StartupCommissioningQualificationAseptic OperationsProcess EquipmentRisk AssessmentSterile Manufacturing
Team CollaborationProblem-SolvingAttention to DetailCommunicationAdaptability
Industry Pharmaceutical / Biotech
Job Function Associate specialist supporting equipment and facility startup
Role Subtype Associate Specialist
Tech Domains Aseptic Processing Equipment
equipment designfacility startupcommissioningqualificationaseptic operationsprocess equipmentrisk assessmentsterile manufacturingcleanroomGMP

Lack of aseptic or sterile manufacturing experience, No familiarity with GMP standards, Inability to work in a team environment

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