Pharmaceutical Associate Scientist

About the role

We are hiring an Associate Scientist (Pharmaceutical Sciences) with 1-3 years of lab experience to join a leading biopharmaceutical company based in Irvine, CA. This position is fully onsite 5-days a week.

Responsibilities

• Help design and conduct formulation studies to support formulation and manufacturing process development with assistance and supervision of Sr Scientist, Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Demonstrate strong laboratory practices, attention to detail, and the ability to generate accurate, reproducible, and well-documented experimental data.
• Review internal and external technical documents and author technical memos, scientific presentations, and reports.
• Complete trainings assigned by the Quality department as part of being a GxP employee in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, or related fields.
• Hands-on laboratory experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: preformulation, formulation development, process development, analytical characterization.
• Recent graduate with 1-3 years of hands-on laboratory experience in pharmaceutical development, gained through industry, academic research, or internships.
• Strong critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate technical challenges and propose practical solutions.
• Experience with a combination of any the following: pre-formulation, formulation, process development, scale-up and optimization from laboratory scale to pilot scale.
• Familiarity with analytical techniques used to characterize drug substance or drug products (e.g., HPLC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, particle size analysis, dissolution, rheology, pH, osmolality, viscosity, or related techniques).
• Maintain organized laboratory records and effectively document experimental procedures, observations, and conclusions.
• Able to work collaboratively while managing multiple priorities and meeting project timelines.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to summarize experimental results and present findings to project teams.

Additional Details

The position will be based in our beautiful Irvine office, complete with a courtyard, gym, snacks, drinks, and occasional catered meals. We are passionate about our culture! Our employees live our values of commitment to patients, empowerment to champion innovation, and teamwork to amplify impact!

This position reports directly to our Manager of Pharmaceutical Sciences.