Pharmaceutical Formulations Intern

Location:

Kalamazoo, MI

The pharmaceutical formulations intern will work closely with experienced formulation scientists, engineers, and project team members to help advance Zoetis' innovative drug product development pipeline. They will lead an independent project focused on customer-obsessed formulation design and development, and present their research and results.

• Shadow senior colleagues to learn drug product processes, engineering controls, and testing strategies
• Design and execute excipient compatibility studies and drug product st abilities studies
• Lead experimental drug product manufacturing trials
• Independently perform basic product quality testing, such as syringability, resuspension, dose uniformity, etc.
• Participate in organizational and career learning and development opportunities.

• Actively pursuing a Master's degree, or are pre-candidacy in a doctoral degree, in fields of pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, or related field. Students pursuing a BS in these fields will be considered if there is accompanying significant relevant research experience.
• Demonstrated competency executing basic laboratory tasks independently, such as safe chemical handling, weigh/dispense, microscopy, literature searching, etc.
• Experienced with sterile injectables, including suspensions and gels.

Experience with HPLC, SEM, and AI-assisted research/study design are a plus.

• If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour
• If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour
• If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour
• If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

• Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour
• Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20 per hour
• Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour
• Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

Full time

Regular

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