Associate Scientific Technical Engineer II, PDS&T CMC

AbbVie

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Work type: On-site
Location: Waltham, MA
Salary: $65,500–$125,500 / yr
Posted: 70 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Aug 17, 2126
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

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TL;DR · Associate Scientific Technical Engineer II, PDS&T CMC

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The Associate Scientific Technical Engineer II, PDS&T CMC joins the BTS - PDST team to build an AI-native data infrastructure for pharmaceutical manufacturing and product development. This highly technical role involves designing and operating production-grade data pipelines that integrate heterogeneous data from MES, historians, LIMS, QMS, ERP, and instrument platforms. You will develop harmonized data models, ontologies, and semantic mappings to create reliable assets for AI/ML, analytics, and automation. Key responsibilities include implementing automated quality controls, data lineage, and observability while supporting GxP and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements. You will utilize Python, SQL, Spark, Airflow, Databricks, and Snowflake to build feature stores and vector-ready layers. This role solves critical bottlenecks in biologics manufacturing by transforming complex production data into governed, semantically rich assets.

Skills

Python SQL AWS Azure GCP Databricks Snowflake Spark Airflow dbt CI/CD ETL ELT REST GraphQL OData Microservices Informatica Talend Apache NiFi RAG LLM Lakehouse Infrastructure-as-Code MES LIMS ERP QMS GxP 21 CFR Part 11

What you'll do

Design and implement scalable data ingestion pipelines from manufacturing systems like MES, LIMS, and ERP.
Build connectors and integration layers to handle heterogeneous data formats and protocols in pharmaceutical environments.
Develop harmonized data models and ontologies to ensure consistency across different manufacturing sites and modalities.
Implement automated data quality controls, validation frameworks, and lineage documentation to meet GxP requirements.
Architect and deliver versioned data products, including feature stores and vector-ready layers for AI/ML applications.
Write and maintain infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks for data systems.
Provide operational support for production data pipelines to maintain uptime and data freshness.
Partner with data scientists and process engineers to translate model requirements into scalable data infrastructure.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related technical field plus 2 years' experience.
Master's Degree with 0 years' experience.
Experience designing and building enterprise-grade data pipelines, integration workflows, and data products in complex, multi-source environments.
Expert-level proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks including pipeline development, transformation logic, data validation, and automation.
Strong SQL skills across modern analytical and transactional databases using ANSI SQL and platform-specific dialects.
Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and tools such as dbt, Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalents.
Experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi, or cloud-native services like AWS Glue or Azure Data Factory.
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated life sciences manufacturing environments (preferred).

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