The ITOT Team in Hillsboro is supporting Hillsboro Technical Operations (HTO) which is the
commercial Make Assess and Release (MAR) and launch site for North America and Hillsboro
Individualized and Cell Therapies (HIT) which is transitioning into a multi-product facility for
development, clinical and commercial supply capabilities for individualized and cell therapies.
The role will support Genentech Hillsboro Technical Operations (HTO), located in Hillsboro Oregon,
which is a Drug Product manufacturing facility (Component Prep; Compounding, Liquid/Lyophilized
Filling, automated/Manual Inspection, Packaging/Finished Products and Distribution.) This role
performs Recipe Author activities for the operations that utilize MES in support of Tech
Transfer projects.
Day Shift-Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Pay rate=$100/hour to $124/hour (depends on experience)
Contract end date 12/31/25 (possible contract extensions up to 36 months)
Responsibilities:
● Manufacturing Execution System (MES) (PharmaSuite) recipe authoring and software
development
● Troubleshooting plant floor MES execution and business system integration issues
● Compliance with corporate and site business processes, valid design principles, and quality
procedures
● Qualification test plan development/review/approval and execution
● Implementing production tech transfer requirements into MES system
● Knowledge on batch record structure and exception handling, with sharing among the
broader project team and affected site personnel
● Understanding of the Core practices that need to be adopted at the site, including recipe
requirement documentation, validation, project deliverables such as project and
implementation plans, etc.
● Development of recipe and workflow requirement specifications, formal design
specifications of system master data configuration.
● Create, as directed by Genentech, project-specific documentation required for
implementation.
● Creation and finalizing recipe requirement specifications for all recipes and workflows
● Contributing to the development and optimization of departmental and site business
processes
● Provide Consulting with Business Process owners in the Value Streams
● Contribute with MES Recipe Authoring knowledge to Projects/Squads for MES Projects,
process improvement initiatives or support
Qualifications / Requirements:
● A BS/MS in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
● A minimum of 5 to 7 years of manufacturing execution systems experience, preferably
PharmSuite
● Strong interpersonal communication skills
● Project management skills
● Ability to multi-task while handling routine and impromptu assignments with minimal
supervision
● Must be able to plan and perform testing, including documenting test conditions, expected
results, and test validation
● Must be comfortable working under pressure, delivering quality results with schedule
deadlines and have a proven track record in meeting schedule for tasks while still meeting or
exceeding business requirements and goals
● Work autonomously direct with Engineering and Value Streams
● Work with Global Recipe Authors Team on common templates for PharmaSuite MES
● Job duties include after hours on call support at least one week a month
● Job duties will be performed on-site in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Genentech is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace the increasingly diverse world around us. Genentech prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status and veteran status.
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