2027 Drug Substance Engineering Intern (PhD)

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Relocation support

Wellness benefits and paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is offering a Drug Substance Engineering Internship aimed at understanding how powder properties affect feeding and micronization performance. You will work with mentors to study jet/pin milling, build data-driven insights, and develop computational models, all within AbbVie's Drug Substance Engineering group.

The role emphasizes experimental characterization, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to advance process understanding in pharmaceutical development.

Qualifications

• PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related field.
• Must be enrolled for at least one semester after internship.
• Expected graduation between December 2027 and June 2028.

Responsibilities

• Experimental studies to understand and characterize powder properties.
• Evaluate performance of micronization techniques with various feed mechanisms.
• Analyze data and trends to identify signatures for process performance.
• Develop and verify computational models.
• Summarize and present findings in departmental and cross-functional settings.

Skills

Comminution exposure

Physical characterization

Computational modeling

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Enrollment for at least one semester after internship

Expected graduation Dec 2027–Jun 2028

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Xand YouTube.

Job Description

Drug Substance Engineering Internship Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

Micronization of drug substance is a critical process in API manufacturing for ensuring downstream critical quality attributes. Micronization processes such as pin milling and jet milling leverage feed rate control to optimize the process performance, and while feed rate is well understood for many powder systems there is a gap in understanding the feed rate control of poorly flowing materials in micronization techniques.

The Drug Substance Engineering Intern within Product Development, Science, and Technology (PDS&T) will help establish a systematic approach to understand how the physical properties of powder systems impact their feeding performance in micronization processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Experimental studies to understand and characterize powder properties
• Evaluate performance of micronization techniques (i.e. jet mill, pin mill) with various feed mechanisms
• Analyze data and trends to identify signatures for process performance
• Develop and verify computational models
• Summarize and present findings in departmental and cross-functional settings

Qualifications

MinimumQualifications

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or other related field
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
• Expected graduation datebetween December 2027 – June 2028

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to comminution processes
• Experience with physical characterization techniques (flowability, adhesion, cohesion, bulk density, laser diffraction particle size determination)
• Proficient in computational modeling techniques (e.g., fluid dynamics, discrete element method)

Additional Information

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay
• Relocation support for eligible students
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

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• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

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