Scientist l, Automation Engineering

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

The Process Chemistry group is responsible for inventing and executing the chemical processes and preparing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to enable toxicology studies, clinical trials, and drug product development for AbbVie’s pre-clinical and clinical candidates. We create valuable intellectual property through composition of matter, chemical processes, and technology, resulting in the development of safe and cost-effective commercial manufacturing processes.

AbbVie Process Chemistry is seeking a highly motivated Automation Engineering Scientist I to conduct chemical process research and development, supporting projects from pre-clinical stages through commercialization. 

Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for design and conduct of critical high throughput experiments (HTE) to support clinical development of synthetic molecules
• Interpret results and draw conclusions from own experiments, note significant deviations, then suggest, design, and pursue relevant experiments
• Highly independent and productive in performing laboratory research
• Responsible for documenting and completing experiments in ELN and capture of HTE data in a timely manner
• Implement and may innovate new experimental protocols/techniques in process development, especially in the area of automation and high throughput experimentation.
• Routinely demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research and development activities to resolve key project hurdles.
• Adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, quality, and appropriate handling of materials

• Understand the goal and maintain high prof