Senior Expert Engineering

**Senior Expert Engineering (80-100)* (f/m/d), GDD, Packaging Technology, Schaftenau, Austria**

74 The number of medical device projects in Novartis. Without a safe, user friendly, high-quality drug delivery system our patients cannot take their medicine. The Cell&Gene / Parenteral / Ophtha Container and kits team needs you as an engineer in the development of primary packaging containers and medical devices to ensure that our delivery systems fulfill the highest customer expectations.
- As a Senior Expert Engineering (M/F/d) you will be involved in developing innovative packaging containers, medical devices and combination products to make us an industry leader in this field. It requires an engineer who can take ownership on a primary container and medical device platform development and contributes to projects for documentation compliance and technical aspects in the area of Cell&Gene / Parenteral / Ophthalmic field. A high degree of collaboration with Novartis internal stakeholders and external partners is necessary.**Your key responsibilities**:

- Lead and actively participate in device and packaging development project teams as packaging technology representative.
- Lead change process and life-cycle tasks for packaging systems, medical devices used in development and commercial.
- Conduct technical assessments and ensure compliance in documentation for packaging components and systems functionality.
- Identify and submit the required documentation and content, quality and/or timelines for global submissions and negotiate the delivery of approved technical source documents in accordance with project timelines.
- Lead internal / external partners.

**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve._

**Minimum requirements**

**What you’ll bring to the role**:
**Essential**:

- Bachelor’s, Master or PhD degree in engineering or material science or equivalent.
- Minimum 7 years of experience working in a primary packaging containers / medical device and combination product; preferred in pharmaceutical area or similar.
- Leading and influencing in global matrix organization; strong communication / negotiation skills & listener, actively reaching out, able to understand and connect across functions.
- Mentors and inspires others to solve technical issues / problems.
- Leads / co‐leads novel projects within the team.
- Excellent skills in English, verbal and written. Other language skills, e.g. French, German are of advantage.
- Experience in scientific, technical publications and to present topics / knowledge gained at external / internal conferences.

**Why Novartis?**

769 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2020, and while we’re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people’s lives.
- We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying**Imagine what you could do here at Novartis
**In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is € 54.788,30/year (on a full time basis). In most cases, the actual salary will be higher, as we strive to maintain a competitive position in the market and consider your previous experience, qualifications and individual competencies.
- We are open for part-time and job sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.**Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Our recruitment decisions are based on selecting the best person for the job, regardless of gender, religion, age, color, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability.**Division**
- Global Drug Development

**Business Unit**
- TECHNICAL R & D GDD

**Country**
- Austria

**Work Location**
- Schaftenau

**Company/Legal Entity**
- Sandoz GmbH

**Functional Area**
- Research & Development

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Employment Type**
- Regular

**Shift Work**
- No

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