Scientist 2, Chemistry - Urgent Need

Job Description

The Scientist will be part of a multi-disciplinary Innovation team supporting a variety of medical technologies and solutions with an initial focus on new drug delivery systems and development of interventional medical devices.

Reporting to a Senior Manager of Innovation, this is a technical position where the engineer will contribute significantly to exciting, high visibility projects and collaborations across the R&D portfolio.

This position will be responsible for the assessment, development, and testing of new technologies for a range of medical devices, including drug-device combination products.

The candidate is expected to design and execute experiments aimed at developing formulations for enabling controlled release of drugs/proteins, and improving our understanding of the drug-material-tissue interactions impacting the performance of medical devices.

Specific expertise sought is in the areas of formulation development using soft matter (polymers, colloids, etc.), materials structure-property elucidation, controlled delivery of drugs or proteins and tissue permeation enhancers.

Job Responsibilities

• Carry out experimental studies relating to drug/device combination technology
• Provide expertise in drug formulation and delivery technologies, soft materials characterization, and drug-biomaterials-tissue interactions.
• Work with project team members to plan and execute technical assessments of coatings for medical devices and drug delivery technologies/products.
• Responsible for the execution of technical work and communication of results to various stakeholders.
• Investigating and resolving technical problems and managing different workstreams to meet program objectives and timelines.
• Author/review SOPs, test/project reports, and other documents as required to execute studies in the laboratory.
• Work with project team leadership to help ensure a smooth transition of projects from the Innovation phase to product development.

Education and Experience

• Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Materials Science & Engineering, Polymer Science, Textiles or related fields is required. Advanced degree is preferred.
• Experience: PhD, MS + 2 years of relevant industry experience, or BS + 4 years of relevant industry experience is required.

Knowledge and Skills

• Required:
• Formulation development using polymeric materials, micro/nanoparticles, colloids, tissue permeation enhancers, etc.
• Structure-property characterization of soft materials
• Hands-on experience using analytical instrumentation and characterization tools
• Ability to plan and conduct scientific experiments and effectively analyze, interpret, report, and present experimental results
• Experience contributing to multidisciplinary teams including the ability to influence without direct reporting ties
• Ability to translate an issue or problem statement into study strategy
• Ability to adapt quickly to changes in program and project priorities
• Strong oral and written communication skills and team collaboration

• Preferred skills:
• Working knowledge of drug delivery principles, ADME, PK/PD and drug elution studies
• Experience developing controlled delivery methods for drugs/other small molecules/proteins
• Design of functional polymeric materials
• Hands on experience operating a rheometer and interpreting resulting data
• Synthesis of small and/or large molecules
• Knowledge of drug delivery systems and/or medical device development
• Experience working under a quality system

Work Environment

The candidate is expected to work in a research lab environment and may require working with chemicals, in vivo models, and biological materials (blood, tissues, etc.).