Advanced Development Engineer

Do you want to drive the development and selection of new primary packaging solutions for our next generation parenteral drug products? Are you ready to develop primary packaging systems, scalable for the future in an international department?  

If yes, you might be the new Advanced Development Engineer we are looking for. Apply now for a life-changing career! 

The position 

As an Advanced Development Engineer, you will have the main responsibility of driving the development of suitable primary packaging solutions to fit Novo Nordisk medical drug product projects.  

Your main responsibilities will be focused on: 

• Developing primary packaging systems for parenteral administration, such as syringes/vials, from the ideation phase to drug product launch. 
• Document design requirements, safety risk management, and mitigations, as well as testing and documentation to facilitate the submission of Clinical Trial Applications. 
• Ensuring the suitability of design, material, technical performance, processability, and new supply chains for the packaging systems. 
• Scouting the market and meeting with suppliers to identify and refine packaging solutions. 
• Coordinating your workstream with stakeholders and ensuring timely delivery. 

You will work closely with colleagues in both Drug and Device Development, Production and Supply Chain to assent to the requirements. In general, the tasks carried out by the department are diverse as we deliver to all parts of Novo Nordisk. This gives a variety of challenges. Therefore, strong collaboration with your colleagues is an essential key to success.  

Qualifications 

To succeed in this role, you should have: 

• A MSc/BSc degree in Engineering or another relevant field within the Natural Sciences and possess at least 2 years of experience in primary packaging for pharmaceutical products or the development of medical devices/combination products 
• Knowledge of Container Closure Systems for pharmaceutical use, including expertise in chemical and physical drug stability with a special focus on material-drug interactions. 
• Experience with either Risk management or system engineering  
• Experience with either ISO15378, ISO13485 and/or ISO14971 
• Supplier negotiation and development of strategic partnership 
• Professional proficiency in English 

As a person, you are motivated by working in a creative environment and identifying solutions to design challenges. You thrive in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and tasks. You take pride in delivering on your milestones, and you motivate your colleagues with a positive attitude. You work well independently, although it also motivates you to cooperate with colleagues and stakeholders across functions and departments.  

About the department 

You will join the Primary Packaging Development team situated in Devices and Delivery Solutions, a business unit within the global Development organization and located in Hillerød in the greater Copenhagen area with state-of-the-art R&D facilities. Devices and Delivery Solutions has the mandate and responsibility to innovate and develop the most innovative delivery solutions for the entire portfolio of Novo Nordisk’s pharmaceutical products.  

The unit is comprised of project management, engineering, and technical functions spanning across all competencies required to deliver on a diverse portfolio of drug/combination product and device projects. You will be part of an organization of highly skilled people – maybe the best in the industry. We will embrace you with a constructive and collaborative mindset challenging your ideas  and providing highly competent sparring. 

 
You will join a new, growing, and dynamic department consisting of two teams. You will join a team of 11 highly skilled and ambitious developers working closely with our specialists and project managers, all of whom are dedicated to developing and implementing primary packaging solutions in Novo Nordisk.  

Our department is characterized by an international environment with colleagues having backgrounds from all over the world, like Iran, India, Spain, Canada, Afghanistan, France, Hungary, Sweden, and Denmark. We are helpful and supporting colleagues, eager to support Novo Nordisk drug-project portfolio, accountable towards timelines, and keen on investigating how we can contribute to the world’s circular economy. 

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That’s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Novo Nordisk relies on the joint potential and collaboration of its more than 40,000 employees. Together, we go further. Together, we’re life-changing. 

Contact 

For further information, please contact Senior Manager, Stine Hallberg Langkilde at +45 3444 0392. 

Deadline  

16 February 2025 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.