Job Description

Job Title: Associate Engineer, Biopharma Drug Substance, Single Use – Remote/Hybrid (JP14818)
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: ETA Drug Substance
Duration: 1+ years with likely extensions and/or conversion to permanent
Posting Date: 12/08/2025
Pay Rate: $35 - $40/hour W2 with benefits
Notes: Hybrid - occasionally onsite (meetings, visiting, collaborate with person onsite)

Shift/Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

Schedule: 90% remote; on-site only for occasional meetings (likely once a month or less).

1 year with possibility to extend

3 Key Consulting is hiring an Associate Engineer for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

The ideal candidate for this Associate Engineer role is an early-career engineer, typically a new graduate or someone with 0–2 years of industry experience, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering and demonstrates a strong grasp of core engineering principles. Exposure to single-use systems or biotech engineering is helpful but not required; training will be provided.

The candidate should be detail-oriented, comfortable performing data entry into engineering databases, and eager to support design reviews and day-to-day engineering workload alongside a senior engineer. We are seeking individuals who are motivated, collaborative, and genuinely interested in hands-on learning within a highly supportive team. Overqualification is a concern for this role; candidates with extensive engineering backgrounds (e.g., senior or principal-level profiles) will not be a fit. The position is primarily remote with infrequent site visits, so reliability, communication skills, and self-management are essential.

Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation, design, and delivery of projects, particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining, organizing, and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad, cross-functional user base at the company, in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.

The position requires a lot of independent work, which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. The worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single uses systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing, process development, supply chain, etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.

Top Must Have Skills:

BS Engineering degree in related field (Chemical/Mechanical Engineering), open to new grads
GMP or Biotech industry experience, preferred.
Single use systems (engineering equipment) knowledge preferred
Self-starter and eagerness to learn

Day to Day Responsibilities:
Ideal candidate: training is provided but the ideal candidate can update data into the system and attention to detail is crucial. Someone who can work independently in a fast-paced environment that can accept feedback.

Position involves support of senior staff in the initiation, design, and delivery of projects, particularly for single use systems. Support senior staff in obtaining, organizing, and entering data for a single-use systems database that will be utilized by a broad, cross-functional user base at the company, in addition to support the triage of new single-use system designs.

The position requires a lot of independent work, which brings a lot of personal satisfaction and success is not largely dependent on group work. This worker will become the new Subject Matter expert of a new system within the company which will be very valuable to potentially obtain a full-time position. The person will be working with single-use systems and therefore interaction with almost all sites and a variety of groups at the company (manufacturing, process development, supply chain, etc.) giving them an opportunity to learn more about the company and how it works.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor degree OR Associate degree and 4 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED and 6 years of experience

Red Flags:
Overqualification:

Individuals with extensive experience (10–25+ years) in engineering roles (Senior, Principal, Staff levels) are not appropriate for an Associate Engineer role.

If it appears they are applying far below their level with no clear reason, this is a concern.

Interview process:
Video interview with Hiring manager

Video interview with Senior Engineer

We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@3keyconsulting.com If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this particular position, please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com/careers. You are also welcome to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.

About 3 Key Consulting, Inc.

3Key Consulting specializes in the rapid recruitment and placement of business and IT professional within the life sciences and healthcare industries. With 12 years of experience, 3Key has established a vast network of industry professionals and forged strong partnerships/alliances with key academic institutions across the country to continually develop our business professional and niche skill pipeline.

3KC offers a full suite of staffing solutions including PEO and compliance services. 3KC has several technology and industry domain practices including competencies in business intelligence, healthcare and life sciences.

People, process, and technology are 3 key areas of focus that we carefully examine individually and jointly, in order to deliver on our client's 3 key areas of focus - better, faster and cost effective BI and staffing solutions.

MISSION:

To create a better work experience for our customers, partners and employees through exceptional dedication and performance.

• We make hiring easier

• We build strong teams

• We bring about positive outcomes

VISION:

3 Key Consulting’s responsibility is to continually improve the manner and efficiency in which human resources and businesses are brought together to create value. Our vision is to put programs into action that improve market efficiencies while helping businesses and people be more productive.

Industry

Unknown

Company Size

1-10 employees

Headquarters

Simi Valley, CA

Year Founded

2009

Website

3keyconsulting.com

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