Scientist II (Molecular Profiling)

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Support preclinical formulation development of pharmaceutical agents.
• Responsible for
  • (i) performing molecular characterization activities related to small-molecule active pharmaceuticals,
  • (ii)  efficiently processing & visualizing data &
  • (iii)  maintaining & keeping an accurate laboratory notebook.
• Designing experiments to characterize molecules & support projects Autonomous &  productive in performing lab work.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

Must possess a M.S. in Pharmaceutical Science, Engineering, or related field or foreign education equivalent, & 2 years of work experience as a lab scientist in the pharmaceutical industry.

Of experience required, must have 1 year experience in each of the following:

1. leveraging fundamental pharmaceutics principles in experimental design, thought process in problem-solving, &  data analysis;
2. supporting medicinal & or process chemistry in the selection &  characterization of drug substance solid form;
3. performing laboratory experimentation, pilot plant, & /or manufacturing support, with direction from or interaction with supervisor;
4. formulating  conclusions &  design follow-on experiments based on multidisciplinary data;
5. pursuing areas of investigation that are scientifically impactful to development & pipeline programs;
6. designing &  conducting data driven experiments that further project goals;
7. applying theoretical framework to solving problems within scientific discipline; 
8. performing analytical techniques including  HPLC; &
9. engaging with