Principal Research Scientist I, Peptide Engineer

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Chemical Engineers support API projects through all the phases of late stage development, commercialization,  product life cycle. This position will be responsible to ensure processes can be run safely, addressing scale-up issues and developing and implementing robust API process steps from the lab to a manufacturing environment. Once commercialized, the process engineer is responsible for continuous improvement activities, technical transfer to manufacturing sites, and resolution of technical manufacturing issues in a commercial setting.  Effective cross functional interactions with quality and regulatory functions and on-site manufacturing personnel is key for successful job performance.   

Purpose:

Lead research and/or project activities with a group of scientists within the individual’s area of expertise by effectively mentoring, guiding, and/or supervising scientific personnel. Independently conceive, execute, and communicate novel multi-disciplinary research or development strategies that achieve project and area goals. Serve as a lead scientist on his/her own project and contribute scientific insights into multiple other projects. Oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of peptide synthesis processes from development to commercialization. 

Major Responsibilities: 

• Conceptualizes and implements approaches using combinations of engineering scientific principles.
• Effectively function as a principal investigator, generating original technical ideas and research or development strategies.
• Utilizes knowledge of engineering, literature, and experience to guide decision for complex situations.
• Independently responsible