Pharmaceutical Customer Technical Service Intern

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Role: 

We are looking for our next Pharmaceutical Customer Technical Service (CTS) Intern within our Pharmaceutical Applications Team. The Pharma CTS Intern will report directly to the Global Head of CTS, Pharma and will be responsible for various projects supporting internal and external customers to develop new pharmaceutical technical solutions and products. 

Interns will be exposed to training in pharmaceutical oral solid dose formulation development, design of experiments, pharmaceutical unit operations, and analytical testing. Interns will collaborate with diverse groups within Roquette and use state of art laboratory and equipment. The laboratory is well equipped with pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment for blending, tablet compression, granulation, encapsulation, coating, and other applications. 

This position is located Lower Gwynedd, PA  

What We Offer: 

• 8-week paid internship opportunity in our office in Lower Gwynedd, PA  

• The hourly rate of pay for this role is $22/hour 

• A highly collaborative team environment with opportunities for mentorship, project ownership, and peer collaboration 

What You’ll Do: 

• Receive training on laboratory safety, documentation, and manufacturing procedures 

• Contribute to several ongoing pharmaceutical development projects. Examples include evaluating an excipient for a new application, executing a design of experiments to evaluate formulated products or process design, and data acquisition and modeling of predictive systems.  

• Analytical method development and execution 

• Examples of instruments used: HPLC, dissolution apparatus, microscopy, viscometer, etc.  

• Writing of technical reports and presentation of data in a group setting, participate in group technical meetings 

What You’ll Need: 

      Education:           

• Enrollment in a Masters, PhD or PharmD program in pharmaceutical science or a related field 

      Experience: 

• Results based, goal-focused mindset with a natural curiosity, demonstrated by extracurricular involvement in clubs or community 

• Results-based, goal-focused mindset with a natural curiosity, demonstrated by extracurricular involvement in clubs or community 

• Leadership and/or work experience to supplement strong student achievement 

• Knowledge of physics/chemistry/chemical engineering of materials is a plus.