Engineer - SMDD Foundry Readiness

Location: Indianapolis

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.
** Overview:
** At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.
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* Position Summary:

** Synthetic Molecule Design and Development (SMDD) is involved in key activities for the development of synthetic active pharmaceutical ingredients from pre-clinical phases through commercialization of drug substances and drug products. Our scientists and engineers develop key technical and business solutions across the portfolio using their deep technical expertise to accelerate testing of the clinical hypothesis and overall drug development. SMDD delivers on these responsibilities by recognizing diverse talent and cultures are necessary to bring the next generation of life changing medicines to patients.

Our team is looking for creative and energetic candidates to facilitate unit operation development and process optimization of synthetic drug candidates to support clinical trials, regulatory submission, and product commercialization. The position presents an opportunity to work on dynamic teams comprised of process chemists, analytical chemists, formulation scientists, and engineers.
** Responsibilities:
*** Generate process design and unit operation knowledge based on engineering principles for small molecules, peptides, oligonucleotides, and other emerging therapeutic modalities.
* Ensure successful scale-up of processes through fundamental engineering principles and equipment knowledge.
* Design and execute laboratory experiments.
* Develop drug substance processes and manufacturing technologies.
* Engage in generating creative solutions for improving existing processes and the creation of novel ones.
* Transfer process technical information to internal and external manufacturing sites. Provide technical oversight to external collaboration partners for laboratory and manufacturing activities.
* Author and maintain documentation such as laboratory notebooks and technical reports.
* Apply fundamental engineering and business principles to design and characterize synthetic processes. Use numerical engineering modeling tools to characterize reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, and process separations.
* Design effective and efficient process and equipment flow strategies, ensuring equipment is selected which is suitable and appropriate for its intended use, given the specific needs of the process.
* Stay informed about new technology and best practices. Propose, justify, evaluate, and implement new equipment, processing techniques, and technologies.
* Utilize technology to improve safety, quality, and productivity, both in development and manufacturing.
* Publish and share original research externally through peer-reviewed articles and conferences.
** Basic Requirements:
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* B.S/M.S. in chemical engineering or closely related field.
* Strong technical skills in synthetic organic chemistry with experience as a hands-on technical contributor in a laboratory environment.
** Additional Skills/Preferences:
*** Demonstrated problem solving skills.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate in a team environment.
* Ability to prioritize multiple activities and handle ambiguity.
** Additional Information
**** Physical Demands/Travel:
*** The physical demands of this job are consistent with a lab environment**.
*** Travel: 0 to 10%
* The physical…