Scientist I, Automation

AbbVie

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Work type
On-site
Location
North Chicago, IL
Salary
$75,000–$142,500 / yr
Posted
16 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Aug 26, 2126

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About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

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TL;DR · Scientist I, Automation

As a Scientist I, Automation within the Molecular Profiling and Drug Delivery team, you will drive early development sciences by implementing automated and data-enabled workflows to accelerate decision-making and improve throughput. You will be responsible for profiling physicochemical properties, developing preclinical formulations, and advancing platform workflows for emerging modalities like PROTACs and peptides. Your daily work involves utilizing analytical chemistry, HPLC–mass spectrometry (HPLC–MS), assay development, and laboratory automation to establish structure-property-performance correlations. To succeed, you must possess expertise in liquid handler operation, custom scientific programming or scripting, and machine learning concepts. You will also utilize techniques such as powder X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, and thermal analysis. This role solves critical drug delivery challenges by identifying robust commercial processes and ensuring successful regulatory submissions for various small molecule and complex chemically synthesized modalities.

What you'll do

  • Implement automated and data-enabled workflows to accelerate decision-making and improve throughput in early development.
  • Perform analytical chemistry using HPLC-MS and other high-resolution mass spectrometry platforms.
  • Conduct physicochemical property profiling to assess developability and inform pipeline decisions regarding solubility and stability.
  • Develop and screen preclinical formulations for small molecules, PROTACs, and peptides.
  • Design and implement automated laboratory processes to ensure reproducible and scalable workflows.
  • Establish structure-property-performance correlations to support the selection of commercial solid forms for active pharmaceutical ingredients.
  • Transition drug substance isolation processes and characterization methods to manufacturing sites for regulatory submissions.

What we're looking for

  • A Bachelor's degree with experience or a Master's degree with experience in the pharmaceutical industry is required.
  • Preferred educational backgrounds include Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chemical/Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science.
  • Hands-on experience with HPLC–MS, high-resolution mass spectrometry, or related analytical platforms is required.
  • Hands-on experience in assay development, automation, and workflow optimization to design scalable laboratory processes is required.
  • Strong understanding of physiochemical property profiling for early developability assessment is required.
  • Familiarity with preclinical formulation development and screening strategies for emerging or complex modalities is required.
  • Familiarity with analytical, biophysical, and in vitro techniques to generate high-quality data for decision making is required.
  • Experience collaborating with data scientists, computational chemists, or informatics partners is required.

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