AstraZeneca
Principal Engineer – HVAC, Clean Utilities & Process
$147K–$220K
US - Frederick - MD · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- At least 10 years in industrial control systems; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, including Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Provides site-wide technical leadership for HVAC, clean utilities, process systems, and biologics manufacturing, supporting capital projects, compliance, reliability, investigations, and staff development.
What you'll do
- Lead or advise on complex capital projects from concept and design through commissioning, qualification, and operational readiness.
- Lead technical investigations and risk management, and support quality, regulatory, safety, and asset life-cycle activities.
- Coach and develop engineering and technical staff; advance continuous improvement and engineering standards.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, including Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of experience developing, designing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and supporting industrial control systems, including significant concept-phase experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in clean utilities (WFI, pure steam, OFCA, and specialty gases) and GMP HVAC systems and cleanroom design and operation.
- Experience as a technical subject-matter expert on large capital projects, with advanced knowledge of commercial biologics manufacturing operations.
Pay
$146,721.60 - $220,082.40 USD Annual (base salary)
Tools
WFI, pure steam, OFCA, Microsoft Office applications, SAP, TrackWise/EQV, CAD applications, SharePoint
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