2025 Summer Intern - Process / Medical Device - 7465

Job Title: Intern (onsite)

Location: Columbus, OH

Job Type: Intern

Req ID: 7465

Compensation: $19.00/hour

 

 

About Us:

As a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of essential medicines, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and its affiliates’ purpose is to put better health within reach, every day for millions of patients around the world.  We are a trusted, reliable partner and dependable source of over 760 high-quality generic, specialty and branded pharmaceutical products that hospitals, physicians and pharmacists need to treat their patients across North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.  Through our global footprint of 30+ manufacturing plants, 8+ R&D centers, and 9,000+ empowered employees, we are committed to making high-quality medicines accessible to the people who need them.

 

Description:

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  Hikma Pharmaceuticals is currently seeking a talented College Intern to join the Technical Services group, you will have an opportunity to work on diverse pharmaceutical drug products and combination products (drug product & medical device) including nasal sprays, inhalation powders, tablets, capsules, solutions, suspensions etc. at various stages of their lifecycle ranging from early-development to scale-up/ commercial launch.

 

Internship will commence in May and end no later than August.

 

Your internship tenure will not only allow you to contribute towards Hikma’s quality objectives and culture of putting “Better health. Within reach. Every day”, but it will also directly impact lives of patients who rely on our products.

 

Responsibilities:

• Support Process Engineers with commercial batch production, cGMP documentation reviews, process optimization efforts, etc. 

• Employ statistical methods (e.g. Cpk, ANOVA, Regression analysis etc.) to analyze data and assist in driving quality decisions.  

• Conduct physical properties, & performance testing of powders, tablets, capsules, etc. to support process validation activities.  

• Support lifecycle review & continuous improvement of combination products by analyzing data from production, customer complaints, etc.

• Support Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in performing risk analysis (e.g. FMEAs) following ISO 14971/13485 & CFR 820 principles.  

• Support Tech Service department SMEs and management in other related duties and continuous improvement projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

We value the skills and experiences candidates bring to the table. While we have listed some qualifications below, we encourage candidates to apply even if they do not meet all of them:

• Pursuant of undergraduate or graduate degrees/ programs in Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, or related scientific disciplines.

• Prefer candidates with some prior work experience (at least 3 months) or academic research experience in the healthcare industry sector.

• Prefer for candidate to have knowledge of cGMP pharmaceutical production processes and combination products or medical devices.   

• Prefer for candidate to have data analytics & programing skills with applications like MS Excel, Minitab, SAS, etc.

• Require candidate to be a critical and analytical thinker with good situational leadership and communication skills. Further, candidates must meet cGMP, FDA, DEA, OSHA, and other applicable regulatory and Hikma guidelines.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction, no sp