Research Associate I/II, Formulation & Process Development
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- About the role: The paragraph under "THE ROLE". Could be "About the role". Use About the role
then
... content. - Responsibilities: Under "KEY RESPONSIBILITIES". Use
Responsibilities
then- each bullet.
- Requirements/Qualifications: Under "PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS". Could combine as Requirements and Qualifications. The instruction says use headings for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can decide to put Requirements and Qualifications separate if content fits. The section includes degree, experience, preferred skills. Could split: Requirements (education, experience) and Qualifications (preferred skills). Or just one. But we need to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into one section "Requirements". Or we could have "Requirements" and "Qualifications". Let's see content: "BS or MS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, materials science, biotechnology, or related discipline. RA I: BS with up to 2 years of relevant industry experience RA II: BS with 2-4 years or MS with 0–2 years of relevant industry experience Grounding in physical chemistry or materials science principles relevant to dried systems, including glass transition behavior, crystallinity, moisture interactions, and excipient effects strongly preferred. Familiarity with analytical and characterization techniques for powders and solid-state materials (e.g., DSC, TGA, particle sizing, microscopy, bulk property measurements) is preferred. Proven ability to work independently in a dynamic, early-stage research environment is preferred. Experience designing and executing sound experiments with the ability to interpret results and use data to guide experimental iteration. Strong scientific documentation and communication skills. Demonstrated curiosity, adaptability, and comfort working across disciplines, with an interest in translating early scientific concepts into robust, scalable technologies."
We could treat first two sentences as Requirements (education, experience). The rest as Qualifications (preferred skills). That seems reasonable.
- Skills: maybe not separate; we could include under Qualifications.
- Benefits: The posting mentions "FL112 currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits." Also earlier: "Compensation and benefits information is based on FL112's good faith estimate..." So we have benefits specifics: healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits, broad range of other benefits. That's specific enough for Benefits section.
- Pay: Salary range $65,000 - $93,500. Also mention compensation depends on factors. That's specific enough for Pay section.
- Schedule: Not mentioned. So we omit Schedule.
- Location: Could be included as a short paragraph maybe under About the role or separate? The instruction says use headings for sections listed; location not in list, but we could include as a short
maybe after About the role. However we should not invent sections not listed. Could include location within About the role paragraph or as a separate
without heading. The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but says use those for those sections. We could add a
for location. Also we need to remove boilerplate: company description duplicated, equal opportunity, privacy notice, recruitment agency stuff, etc. We need to keep substantive info: company description maybe not needed? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The company description at start is substantive? It describes Flagship Pioneering. Might be considered substantive but could be considered boilerplate? It's not a standard boilerplate like EEO; it's about the company. Might be okay to keep. However the instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company description is not those. It might be okay to keep as a paragraph before sections. But we need to decide if we include it. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep the company description. However we also have a later "ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING:" which duplicates similar content. We should deduplicate. Keep one version. Thus we can include a
with company description (first paragraph). Then maybe a short
about location. Let's extract company description: "Flagship Pioneering is a platform innovation company that invents and builds companies that change the world. We bring together the greatest scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble the capital to allow them to take courageous leaps. Those big leaps in human health, sustainability and beyond exponentially accelerate scientific progress in areas ranging from disease detection and treatment and nature-positive agriculture to novel applications of AI that are driving the creation of new technologies. What sets Flagship apart is our ability to advance science and technology by uniting innovation, company creation, and capital investment under one roof in a way that is largely without precedent. Our scientific founders, entrepreneurial leaders, and professional capital managers are each aligned around an institutionalized process that enables us to innovate and transform for the benefit of people and planet. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies." That's substantive. Now "THE ROLE" paragraph: "This role will be a foundational hire supporting our formulation and product development efforts, with a primary focus on the development, screening, and optimization of dried powder formulations. The individual will play a critical hands-on role in executing formulation strategies using techniques such as lyophilization and spray drying, while contributing experimental rigor, physical insight, and data-driven decision-making to early-stage platform development. The Research Associate will work closely with process development partners to produce robust, stable, and scalable processes. In addition to executing experiments, this role will contribute to experimental design, data interpretation, and the establishment of best practices for formulation screening, characterization, and documentation in a fast-moving, early-stage environment." We'll put that under About the role. Now responsibilities: list each bullet. The text after "KEY RESPONSIBILITIES" is a long sentence with semicolons. We need to split into list items. Let's parse: - Design and execute mixing protocols for solid and liquid mixtures, optimizing for uniformity, stability, viscosity, temperature and pH during the mixing process; - Execute protocols for production of dried formulations by spray drying, freeze drying and milling operations. Observe and conduct in process checks to ensure robustness of formulated material. - Characterize dried powder products using appropriate analytical and physical methods (e.g., particle size and morphology, thermal analysis, moisture content, bulk properties) to inform formulation and process decisions; - Support process development and scale-awareness by documenting critical parameters, identifying sources of variability, and generating data relevant to future scale-up, tech transfer, or external partnerships; - Maintain clear, rigorous experimental documentation and generate high-quality summaries, figures, and datasets suitable for internal decision-making; - Contribute to the establishment of long-term formulation workflows, best practices, and standards that support platform development in a small, highly collaborative team. - Designs, conducts and maintains stability studies of packaged formulations by timely stability pulls and analyses of stability samples in accordance with internal standards for shelf-life verification. - Immediate and fluid communication of results, roadblocks, errors, ideas and breakthroughs to team members to ensure fast paced innovation. We need to ensure each item is a
- . Some items have multiple sentences; we can keep as is.
Now professional experience & qualifications: We'll split into Requirements and Qualifications.
Requirements (
Requirements
): - BS or MS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, materials science, biotechnology, or related discipline. - RA I: BS with up to 2 years of relevant industry experience - RA II: BS with 2-4 years or MS with 0–2 years of relevant industry experience Qualifications (Qualifications
): - Grounding in physical chemistry or materials science principles relevant to dried systems, including glass transition behavior, crystallinity, moisture interactions, and excipient effects strongly preferred. - Familiarity with analytical and characterization techniques for powders and solid-state materials (e.g., DSC, TGA, particle sizing, microscopy, bulk property measurements) is preferred. - Proven ability to work independently in a dynamic, early-stage research environment is preferred. - Experience designing and executing sound experiments with the ability to interpret results and use data to guide experimental iteration. - Strong scientific documentation and communication skills. - Demonstrated curiosity, adaptability, and comfort working across disciplines, with an interest in translating early scientific concepts into robust, scalable technologies. We could also add Skills section but we already have Qualifications covering skills. Could omit Skills. Benefits:Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- Annual incentive program
- Retirement benefits
- Broad range of other benefits
Pay
The salary range for this role is $65,000 - $93,500. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience.
Location: maybe aLocation: Cambridge, MA
We should also include the duplicate "ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING:" content? We already have company description at top; the later about Flagship is similar. We can omit duplicate to avoid duplication. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like equal opportunity, privacy notice, recruitment agency, etc. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft:About the role
This role will be a foundational hire supporting our formulation and product development efforts, with a primary focus on the development, screening, and optimization of dried powder formulations. The individual will play a critical hands-on role in executing formulation strategies using techniques such as lyophilization and spray drying, while contributing experimental rigor, physical insight, and data-driven decision-making to early-stage platform development. The Research Associate will work closely with process development partners to produce robust, stable, and scalable processes. In addition to executing experiments, this role will contribute to experimental design, data interpretation, and the establishment of best practices for formulation screening, characterization, and documentation in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute mixing protocols for solid and liquid mixtures, optimizing for uniformity, stability, viscosity, temperature and pH during the mixing process;
- Execute protocols for production of dried formulations by spray drying, freeze drying and milling operations. Observe and conduct in process checks to ensure robustness of formulated material.
- Characterize dried powder products using appropriate analytical and physical methods (e.g., particle size and morphology, thermal analysis, moisture content, bulk properties) to inform formulation and process decisions;