2025 Quality Control Technical Writer Co-Op (June - December)

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

Quality Control Technical Writer Co-Op Overview

Envision working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie’s Co-Ops.  

The Quality Control department is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of our products as demonstrated through analytical and microbial testing prior to release of drug substance monoclonal antibodies to drug product final fill facilities.  QC is a large and diverse department with responsibilities spanning a vast range of expertise such as testing, data analysis, equipment validation and maintenance, product stability assessments, test method validations, test method improvements and technical writing.   QC supports all projects that are manufactured at the facility as well as other products manufactured at other AbbVie sites with product stages ranging from first in human through commercialization, all performed with the highest quality standards that follow and exceed cGMP regulatory requirements. 

As a Co-op, your role will be focused on technical writing that spans several technologies such as HPLC, ELISA and microbiology.  Test method authoring will focus on human error reduction as well as operational excellence improvements to streamline testing and documentation practices.  Microbial data analysis and trend report authoring will also be part of the role.  At the end of the co-op period, a technical report/presentation will be performed

Location: 100 Research Drive, Worcester, MA

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Strong techni