A small contract research organization is seeking a motivated scientist to join our dynamic and collaborative team. This position will support the principal scientists in client-directed formulation development tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execution of formulation development activities, including design, testing, documentation, and reporting.
- Preparing formulations and subsequent physicochemical characterization of drug products.
- Routine maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment and instrumentation
- Continually reviewing and innovating on formulation techniques and methodologies.
Ideal Candidate:
- A Master's or Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific field.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to adapt to evolving client priorities.
- Ability to communicate effectively both internally and externally to clients.
- A functional understanding of liquid chromatography, dynamic light scattering, viscosity, and osmolality.
- Experience in formulation of ophthalmic and/or injectable drug products is highly desirable.
- Previous experience in lyophilization is preferable.
In joining a small organization, this position will be required to learn all aspects of drug product formulation development, including a variety of formulation techniques and analytical methods. The selected candidate will be required to record the experiments, and prepare reports and presentations for communication to clients.
The compensation package for this position will be competitive and commensurate with the experience of the candidate. Highly flexible work hours are available for this position. Aside from scheduled client calls, the selected candidate will have the tremendous flexibility to make their own work schedule.