2027 Drug Substance Engineering Intern (PhD)

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 59,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Relocation support

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a 2027 Drug Substance Engineering Intern (PhD) in the United States to advance understanding of powder behavior in micronization processes. The role focuses on evaluating jet/pin mill feed mechanisms, collecting data, and building computational models under supervision.

You must be enrolled in a PhD program in Chemical or Materials Engineering and be eligible for a summer internship. The program offers competitive pay, relocation support where eligible, and wellness

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a PhD program in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related field.
• Must be enrolled for at least one semester following the internship.
• Experience with comminution or powder characterization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct experimental studies to understand and characterize powder properties.
• Evaluate micronization techniques (jet mill, pin mill) with various feed mechanisms.
• Analyze data to identify signatures for process performance.
• Develop and verify computational models.
• Summarize findings and present to department and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Computational modeling

Powder characterization

Micronization knowledge

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Modeling tools

Job description

2027 Drug Substance Engineering Intern (PhD)

• Intern
• Salary Min: 58656
• Salary Max: 103500
• Class Cycle: 2027
• Workday Global Grade: 12
• Campus Sub Function: Science & Technology (S&T)
• Travel: Yes, 5% of the Time
• Compensation: USD 58,656 - USD 103,500 - yearly

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 , X and YouTube.

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

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

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)

Benefits and Amenities

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

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwe willultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• 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.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.