AbbVie

Scientific Technical Engineer - PDS&T CMC

At a Glance

Location
North Chicago, Illinois, United States
Employment
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
Posted
2026-08-14T19:25:06.457Z

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSAzureData EngineeringDatabricksERPETLGCPMicroservicesPythonSQLSnowflake

Domain Knowledge

  • Automation
  • Biotech
  • Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Regulatory

Requirements

Respective years of hands-on experience designing and building enterprise-grade data pipelines, integration workflows, and data products in complex, multi-source environments.

Expert-level proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks — pipeline development, transformation logic, data validation, and automation.

Strong SQL skills across modern analytical and transactional databases; comfort with both ANSI SQL and platform-specific dialects.

Demonstrated experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern data stack components — including tools such as dbt, Spark, Airflow, Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalents.

Develop ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi, and cloud-native services (e.g., AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory).

Implement master data management (MDM), metadata management, and data cataloging solutions to ensure proper data lineage, accessibility, and compliance.

Compensation & Benefits

​Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Responsibilities

While the AI innovation race in Biopharma is focused on Drug discovery, Product Development/ CMC represents the next barrier/ bottleneck.

The complexity of biological systems, the rigor of regulatory expectations, the pace of pipeline growth, and the enormous value at stake make this one of the highest-leverage domains for applied data science and AI in the entire pharmaceutical value chain.

We here at BTS - PDST, are building a dedicated, AI-native team that is driving cutting edge programs across early stage, late stage and commercial product development to accelerate E2E product development and launch, maximize yields of block buster products.

Through our deep collaboration with PDST scientists we are boldly reimagining how Abbvie can bring our pipeline products and lifesaving drugs to patients faster, safer and in cost effective manner fueled by AI.

Principal Data Engineer is a highly technical, AI-native role responsible for designing, building, and operating production-grade data pipelines and data products that power AI/ML, analytics, and automation across AbbVie's CMC and manufacturing ecosystem.

This role is embedded inside PDST and works at the frontier of pharmaceutical data engineering.

About the Company

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at

www.abbvie.com

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