2027 Spring Co op Process Chemistry Cambridge MA
About the role
Looking to launch your career at the cutting edge of healthcare? Join Sanofi for a chance to develop with mentoring and guidance from inspirational leaders while helping to make an impact on the lives of countless people worldwide. We are seeking Spring Co-op to execute route scouting and process development for drug substances undergoing clinical development for approximately 6 months; the successful candidate will further develop synthetic organic chemistry skills in the lab, develop analytical and instrument techniques, learn process chemistry, and gain further understanding of the drug development process by participating in an industrial process chemistry group. Ready to grow your skills while helping shape the future of healthcare? At Sanofi, you'll be empowered to learn, ask questions, and bring your ideas to life all while supported by inspiring mentors and collaborative teams.
About Sanofi: We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving peoples lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system and innovative pipeline enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve peoples lives.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and optimization of novel and efficient synthetic pathways for drug substances undergoing clinical development to demonstrate synthetic viability.
- Use all imaginable chemistry tools and methods to develop and optimize commercial process for selected drug substance route (photochemistry, biocatalysis, flow chemistry, electrochemistry, on-line analysis/PAT, high-throughput experimentation, structural analysis, computational chemistry, AI/ML and predictive tools, etc.)
- Design, plan and execute experimental plans to optimize reaction, purification and isolation unit operations, guided by technical risk assessments, to deliver safe, efficient, robust and scalable drug substance manufacturing processes that perform reliably at intended scale in batch or continuous format.
- Learn to apply green chemistry principles to our R&D programs to develop sustainable manufacturing routes.