Pharmaceutical Formulations Intern

Kalamazoo - Downtown Portage Street

Pharmaeutical Formulations Intern

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

Internship Summary:

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.

Internship Job Duties:

• Shadow senior colleagues to learn drug product processes, engineering controls, and testing strategies
• Design and execute excipient compatibility studies and drug product stabilities 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.

Internship Qualifications:

• 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.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

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

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):

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

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Zoetis is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.