✦ Luna Orbit — Science & Research

Sr. Specialist, Engineering

at Merck

📍 USA - North Carolina - Wilson Hybrid 💰 $106K – $167K USD / year Posted March 18, 2026
Salary $106K – $167K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Science & Research

This role involves supporting vaccine manufacturing operations, focusing on process transfer, validation, and compliance. The senior specialist will act as a technical expert in biologics production at the Wilson site.

  • Support vaccine process transfer and validation
  • Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis
  • Prepare for regulatory inspections
  • Manage deviation and change control
  • Ensure quality attributes are met

The position requires expertise in vaccine process transfer, validation, MES systems, and regulatory inspection readiness. It involves troubleshooting, process development, and ensuring GMP compliance in biologics manufacturing.

The ideal candidate is a senior process engineer with extensive experience in vaccine manufacturing, process transfer, validation, and regulatory inspections. They should possess strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with a focus on quality and compliance in biologics or pharmaceutical production.

Technical supportProcess transferValidationRegulatory inspectionManufacturing execution systemMESProcess developmentValidation activitiesTroubleshootingRoot cause analysis
GMP complianceVaccine manufacturingQuality assuranceProcess optimizationRegulatory affairs
Manufacturing execution systemMES
Technical supportProcess transferValidationRegulatory inspectionManufacturing execution systemMESProcess developmentDeviation managementRoot cause analysisChange managementQuality attributesProcess validationTroubleshootingGMPBiologics
Technical supportProcess transferValidationRegulatory inspectionManufacturing execution systemMESProcess developmentValidation activitiesTroubleshootingRoot cause analysisChange managementDeviation managementQuality attributesProcess validationTech transfer
Decision-makingIndependent judgmentTechnical expertiseProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipAttention to detail
Industry Healthcare & Medical
Job Function Provide technical support and process expertise for vaccine manufacturing operations
Role Subtype Process Engineer
Tech Domains Manufacturing execution system, MES
vaccine manufacturingtech transfervalidationregulatory inspectionmanufacturing execution systemMESprocess developmentdeviation managementroot cause analysischange managementquality attributesprocess validationtroubleshootingGMPbiologics

Lack of experience in vaccine or biologics manufacturing, No experience with validation or regulatory inspections, Unwillingness to work in Wilson, NC

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