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Description

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Co-Op to join our Material and Analytical Science department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. As an Co-Op, you will be responsible to use co-processing technology to improve physical and chemical property of active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug product intermediate.

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, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for ouremployees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design and optimize co-processing routes to generate amorphous solid dispersion and drug product intermediates with desired physical and chemical properties

• Apply ternary phase diagrams to understand phase behavior of amorphous solid dispersion

• Gain process understanding using various online (e.g., PAT), or offline characterization tools

• Identify critical process parameters to control critical quality attributes and ensure robust scale up

• Summarize experimental results with proper data visualization tools

• Design and conduct crystallization experiments

• Embracing creative thoughts to deliver innovative pharmaceutical solutions

Requirements

• Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.

• Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship.

• Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.

• Major or minor in related field of internship

• Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.

• Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.

Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Ongoing graduate students (PhD/MS) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Material Science

• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience with amorphous solid dispersion development

• Basic understanding of drug substance and drug product development

• Experience with spray drying and hot melt extrusion

• Understanding of chemical engineering concepts including thermodynamics and kinetics

• High-level experiences in working in lab, including hand-on experiences with instrumentations, including HPLC, XRD, TGA/DSC, PLM, dissolution, etc.

Compensation Data

This position offers an hourly rate typically between $20/ hour and $33/ hour commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here. (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.us/sites/us/files/files/2021-bi-benefits-overview.pdf)

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)

• Must be 18 years of age or older

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.