Senior Engineer, Technology Transfer

About the role

A career at Resilience is more than just a job - it's an opportunity to change the future.

Resilience is a technology-focused biomanufacturing company that's changing the way medicine is made. We're building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to better withstand disruptive events, serve scientific discovery, and reach those in need.

About the role

The Senior Engineer, Technology Transfer is the site's dedicated technical resource for evaluating, scoping, and standardizing new business and technology transfer opportunities across all MSAT unit operations.

This role partners with Commercial to assess incoming client RFPs, owns the site's Tech Transfer and NPI process framework (SOPs and internal Best Practices Playbook), maintains the site's equipment capability and capacity picture, and drives the development of standardized production platforms that can be readily offered to clients to expedite transfer timelines.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role provides upstream feasibility, standardization, and governance framework that enables consistent, efficient, and predictable execution across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

Commercial & Feasibility Support

• Serve as the primary MSAT Technical point of contact for the Commercial team on incoming client Requests for Proposal (RFPs), providing technical review, feasibility input, and fit assessment across all site unit operations (formulation, filling, visual inspection, device assembly, and packaging).
• Lead or facilitate early-stage technical feasibility reviews and gap assessments for prospective projects, including partnering with MSAT Technical Teams to identify potential new equipment or capabilities needed.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to assess equipment capacity, scheduling, and availability, and translate that into go/no-go and timeline guidance for new project evaluation.
• Represent MSAT Technical in client-facing capability discussions, technical due-diligence calls, and site tours as needed to support business development.

Tech Transfer & NPI Process Ownership

• Own the site Tech Transfer and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes end-to-end at the framework level, including governance, standardized deliverables, and the stage-gate criteria that define hand-off from feasibility (Commercial Ops) to formal transfer kickoff (Commercial PMO) and execution by MSAT Technical Specialist teams.
• Author, maintain, and continuously improve site Tech Transfer / NPI SOPs and the internal MSAT Tech Transfer Best Practices Playbook, capturing standard work, templates, checklists, and lessons learned from completed transfers.
• Partner closely with the MSAT Technical Teams to ensure playbook and SOP adherence, and to provide a smooth hand-off of work into active transfer execution.
• Partner with Commercial Ops and PMO to ensure key technical decisions and standardization/business-case recommendations are well documented and supported by data, risk assessment, and sound scientific and engineering principles.

Equipment Capability & Platform Standardization

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive site Equipment Capability Matrix documenting unit operation capabilities, specifications, format/size ranges, and constraints for all site manufacturing equipment.
• Establish and champion standardized, pre-defined production platform configurations that can be clearly explained to clients and readily offered to expedite technology transfer timelines and reduce engineering rework.
• Maintain external technical relationships with equipment and material vendors, and track industry literature and conferences, to stay current on platform capabilities, new technologies, and tech transfer trends; serve as the site subject-matter expert and contribute to network-wide tech transfer best practices.
• Lead the development of business cases and engineering proposals for new capital, equipment, and technology investments.

Portfolio Tracking & Performance Reporting

• Track and consolidate the site tech transfer and NPI pipeline, portfolio status, and equipment/capacity utilization and present to MSAT and site leadership as required.
• Define and report on key tech transfer performance metrics (e.g., cycle time, standardization adoption rate, PPQ first-pass success) to demonstrate program effectiveness.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Influence

• Set goals and priorities for, and direct the work of, cross-functional matrix teams supporting feasibility, standardization, and platform development; coach and mentor MSAT engineers and specialists on tech transfer best practices.
• Drive alignment across Operations, Quality, PMO, Supply Chain, and Commercial stakeholders on execution of the site tech transfer strategy and site readiness, influencing decisions and resolving competing priorities in sensitive or high-stakes situations.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, setting objectives in alignment with the WCH Site MSAT Lead and site priorities, escalating site- or enterprise-level trade-offs as appropriate.

Minimum Requirements

• Extensive experience in Technology Transfer, Validation, Process Engineering, or Operations within a cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience across a wide range of unit operations and equipment types at the site (e.g., aseptic/sterile operations, formulation, filling, visual inspection, device assembly, and/or packaging).
• Strong working knowledge of equipment capability assessment, capacity planning, and production platform standardization.
• Highly organized, with a proven ability to manage multiple concurrent, cross-functional priorities and competing deadlines without close supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to translate complex technical information for both technical and non-technical/client audiences.
• Experience authoring SOPs, playbooks, or other standard-work / best-practice documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working directly with clients, vendors, and/or cross-functional internal partners.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive alignment across teams without formal authority, including leading cross-functional workstreams or projects to completion.

Preferred Background

• 8+ years of combined experience in Technology Transfer, Validation, Process Engineering, or Operations within a cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting or authoring technical proposals / RFP responses within a CDMO or contract manufacturing environment.
• Project Management training or certification (e.g., PMP) or equivalent experience.
• Training in, or awareness of, Lean Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing principles.
• Experience with equipment capacity/capability modeling or portfolio-management tools.
• Experience coaching or mentoring engineers, without formal supervisory responsibility.

Sponsorship or support for work authorization, including visas, is not available for this position.

Pay and benefits

Resilience offers employees a robust total rewards program including an annual cash bonus program, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and our benefits package which is thoughtfully designed to support our employees with great healthcare (including medical, dental and vision), family building benefits, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, paid holidays, other paid leaves of absence, tuition reimbursement and support for caregiving needs.

Our target base pay hiring range for this position is $125,000.00 - $188,750.00 per year. Actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate's geographical location, relevant experience, qualifications, skills and knowledge. Excited about Resilience? We encourage you to apply and start a conversation with one of our recruiters.