Digital Drug Product Development Senior Research Associate

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Lexington, MA POSITION:
Digital Drug Product Development Senior Research Associate POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. is seeking a Digital Drug Product Development Senior Research Associate with the following duties: develop robust drug product formulations across the product lifecycle, including development and tech transfer of scalable, robust drug product manufacturing processes from early phase through process validation; apply computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with a strong focus on mixing and filtration operations to understand, design, and optimize drug product unit operations;

utilize CFD principles and tools (including M-Star CFD) to build and deploy digital twins of drug product development processes, enabling mechanistic understanding of mixing, suspension uniformity, shear exposure, filtration performance, and scale-up risk; provide technical leadership and guidance for formulation and drug product development, author technical protocols, design and execute experiments, generate technical reports, and contribute to CMC sections supporting regulatory submissions;

lead and support in silico, simulation, and digital twin initiatives, integrating CFD-based mixing and filtration models with experimental data; apply modern computational approaches including machine learning, data analytics, statistical and chemo metric methods—to traditional pharmaceutical formulation and process development challenges; deliver applied data science, predictive modeling, and mechanistic process modeling support across multiple projects to enable robust process development, scale-up, and validation.

Up to 10% domestic travel required for conference presentations, and site visits of CDMO and manufacturers. Up to 20% remote work allowed.

Estimated salary range reflects expected pay for this role. Actual base salary depends on the applicant’s qualifications, experience, skills, education, certifications, & work location, & will comply with all applicable minimum‑wage laws. U.S. employees may be eligible for medical, dental, & vision insurance, 401(k), paid time off, sick leave, company holidays, incentive compensation programs, & other benefits offered under company policies.

REQUIREMENTS:  Master’s degree in Biotechnology or related field OR Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and 2 years of related experience.  Prior experience must include: construct 3D geometric models using AutoCAD and Solid Works and apply Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using M Star CFD to simulate mixing studies, filtration studies, hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer, transport phenomena, evaluate mixing time, mixing speed, power number, and scale effects in drug product manufacturing systems;

develop mechanistic computational process models for mass, momentum, and energy balances and implement simulations, parameter estimation, and scenario analysis using Python and R to support biopharmaceutical process and product development understanding and risk assessment; design, execute, and support drug substance and drug product manufacturing processes, including technology transfer, equipment operation and troubleshooting,…