DESCRIPTION

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Senior Scientist to join our Biopharmaceutics and Material Sciences Department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. The Senior Scientist is primarily laboratory-based and focuses on advanced material profiling as well as mechanistic and computational modeling of solid oral drug product performance, leveraging intrinsic material and process attributes. This role acts as a subject matter expert on multidisciplinary global teams and sub-teams, implementing material-sparing approaches and conducting risk assessments to facilitate the development of robust formulations and manufacturing processes applicable.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Engineering, or equivalent with experience in a related field
• Broad knowledge of pharmaceutical oral solids manufacturing processes, including theoretical and practical aspects of how material properties influence drug product performance.
• Experience in developing mechanistic models for unit operations of solids and manufacturing processes
• Proficient in Python and Matlab, with relevant practical applications.
• Skilled in managing large datasets and using advanced data-science tools.
• Ability to learn new technologies and concepts, work independently, and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• History of publishing in peer-reviewed journals.
• May require an ability to push, pull, lift and carry objects up to 50lbs.
• May require ability to wear a Respirator.

• Profiles materials with innovative technologies, studying critical properties and their effects on product attributes and processing

• Resolves material and manufacturing issues, provides risk assessments, and supports robust solid dosage formulation and process development
• Designs strategies to predict drug product performance by modeling key manufacturing and physical processes (e.g., granulation, milling, coating)
• Uses advanced data modeling to optimize material properties and process conditions for product design
• Engages with multidisciplinary teams as a recognized expert within and beyond Material and Analytical Sciences (MAS)
• Prepares and reviews technical memos and reports