Senior Principal Engineer, Late Stage LNP Process Development

Organization Overview

At Eli Lilly and Company, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. Lilly is a leader in global healthcare and has been discovering and developing medicines that help improve lives for more than 140 years. Our 50,000 employees around the world work as a team to bring breakthrough medicines to patients who need them. We are looking for motivated, highly skilled scientists and engineers to help us continue to bring breakthrough medicines to patients.

Verve Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company within Lilly Research Labs, is a clinical-stage genetic medicines company established with a mission to solve the global health epidemic of cardiovascular disease.

Founded by world-leading experts in cardiovascular medicine, human genetics and gene-editing, Verve is pioneering a new approach to the care of cardiovascular disease, potentially transforming treatment from chronic management to single-course gene editing medicines.

The company's initial three programs - VERVE-101, VERVE-102, and VERVE-201 - target genes that have been extensively validated as targets for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a root cause of cardiovascular disease.

We are seeking an experienced LNP Process Development Engineer to join the Late Stage LNP Process Development team within Verve. You will be joining a team that is focused on the development of LNP processes to support late-stage manufacturing readiness activities and drug product process characterization.

This lab-facing role will play a critical part in advancing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) process development through characterization of key unit operations, with particular emphasis on high-pressure mixing technologies and tangential flow filtration (TFF). The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise with collaborative skills to lead and support process characterization studies and work closely with cross-functional teams. The role will also contribute towards Phase 3 process lock and supporting tech transfer and manufacturing readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform DoE-type studies to support process characterization efforts in order to identify critical process parameters (CPPs) and characterize appropriate normal operating ranges (NORs) and process acceptable ranges (PARs) for each parameter in each unit operation.
• Lead the design and execution of process development studies to contribute towards scaling-up and locking late stage LNP processes.
• Support technology transfers of late-stage programs to manufacturing sites and contribute towards batch readiness activities and technical investigations as required.
• Author relevant process development and characterization reports and provide support as required in authoring regulatory documents.
• Participate actively in technical discussions and meetings, proactively communicate technical findings and results to stakeholders.
• Ensure lab notebooks are kept updated and support equipment troubleshooting and maintenance as needed.

Basic Requirements

• Earned Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline (Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, or equivalent)
• 6+ years of biotech/pharmaceutical industry experience within LNP formulation and/or process development.
• Hands-on experience with LNP unit operations such as TFF, high-pressure mixing, filtration, and lipid solubilization.
• Experience using statistical software (preferably JMP) to analyze and trend large amounts of data
• Ability to use analyze and use data to guide future studies and when authoring reports.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to thrive in a team and goal-driven environment.
• Use of strong interpersonal skills for collaboration.
• Ability to prioritize multiple activities and handle ambiguity.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Earned Master's degree in a relevant scientific discipline (Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, or equivalent)
• Experience with process characterization is strongly preferred.

Additional Information

• Position location: Boston, MA
• This position requires in-office/lab presence 5 days/week.

Additional information

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women's Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $114,000 - $191,400

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).

In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly's compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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