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About the Role

The Laboratory Design Project Engineer provides technical leadership and subject matter expertise for the planning, design, renovation, and delivery of laboratory facilities, ensuring environments are safe, compliant, functional, flexible, and aligned with scientific, operational, and business requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical lead for laboratory planning, design standards, workflows, and facility requirements.
Translate scientific and operational needs into laboratory design criteria, space programs, equipment requirements, and functional layouts.
Lead or support the development and maintenance of laboratory design standards, specifications, guidelines, and standard details.
Review laboratory design packages for functionality, safety, constructability, and compliance.
Ensure designs address laboratory ventilation, containment, biosafety, chemical safety, ergonomics, utilities, waste handling, material flow, security, and emergency response needs.
Collaborate with users and stakeholders to define current and future laboratory capacity, flexibility, adjacencies, and workflow requirements.
Lead technical aspects of capital projects from early feasibility and programming through design, construction, commissioning, qualification, and occupancy.
Travel as needed to support site assessments, project meetings, design workshops, construction reviews, commissioning, and operational-readiness activities.
Coordinate with Engineering, EHS, Facilities, Quality, Operations, external consultants, FM Insurance, and construction teams to resolve technical issues and manage design decisions.
Evaluate laboratory equipment requirements and integration needs.
Identify design risks, recommend practical mitigations, and support risk assessments.
Support commissioning and turnover activities to confirm laboratory systems and spaces meet intended use and operational requirements.
Monitor industry practices, codes, standards, and emerging laboratory design technologies; incorporate relevant improvements into organizational standards.
Provide technical mentoring and laboratory design expertise for project teams and less experienced engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, laboratory science, facilities management, or a related technical discipline.
Significant experience in laboratory design, laboratory operations, engineering, architecture, facilities, or capital project delivery.
Demonstrated knowledge of laboratory planning principles, including space programming, workflow design, equipment integration, and utility requirements.
Working knowledge of applicable building codes, fire and life-safety requirements, EHS expectations, and relevant laboratory standards.
Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, and design documents.
Strong project execution, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder-management, and technical-writing skills.
Ability and willingness to travel as required to support projects and site-based stakeholders.
Ability to manage competing priorities and influence decisions across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Laboratory design
Laboratory operations
Engineering
Architecture
Facilities management
Capital project delivery
Laboratory planning
Space programming
Workflow design
Equipment integration
Utility requirements
Building codes
Fire and life-safety requirements
EHS expectations
Laboratory standards
Architectural drawings
Engineering drawings
Specifications
Design documents
Project execution
Problem-solving
Communication
Stakeholder management
Technical writing
Travel
Managing competing priorities
Influencing decisions
GMP
GLP
Biosafety
Chemical hygiene
Commissioning
Qualification practices
Laboratory ventilation systems
Fume hoods
Biosafety cabinets
Cleanrooms
Containment systems
Specialized laboratory utilities

Location

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Doctorate degree and 2 years of engineering or laboratory science experience
Master’s degree and 4 years of engineering or laboratory science experience
Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of engineering or laboratory science experience
Associate’s degree and 10 years of engineering or laboratory science experience
High school diploma / GED and 12 years of engineering or laboratory science experience

Education Level

Doctorate degree
Master’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Associate’s degree
High school diploma / GED
Advanced degree or professional certification in engineering, architecture, laboratory planning, safety, or a related field
Professional licensure or credentials such as PE, RA, EIT, LEED AP, or laboratory-planning certification

Salary/Compensations

140,334.15USD -189,863.85 USD

Benefits

Comprehensive employee benefits package
Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
Group medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Discretionary annual bonus program
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models where possible

About the Company

Amgen's mission is to serve patients living with serious illnesses.
Since 1980, Amgen has pioneered the biotech industry in its fight against the world’s toughest diseases.
Amgen focuses on four therapeutic areas: Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease.
Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions.
Amgen's award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based.
Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients.
Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Equal Opportunity

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Amgen will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.