Associate Scientist, Formulation & Lab Operations (Onsite)

IMCD Group; Allendale (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Job summary

IMCD Group in Allendale, NJ is seeking an Associate Scientist to support the Pharmaceutical Technical Center in formulation development, prototype manufacturing, analytical testing, and laboratory management.

The role works on-site in the Allendale lab and collaborates with Senior Scientists on customer projects, supplier collaborations, and internal studies, following GLP, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 6+ years in formulation development for solid oral dosage forms.
• Hands-on experience with powder handling, blending, wet granulation, milling, tablet compression, capsule filling, film coating, or fluid bed processing.
• Experience performing USP testing including dissolution, disintegration, friability, and tablet hardness.

Responsibilities

• Supports formulation development projects for oral solid, liquid, topical, and nutraceutical applications.
• Prepares laboratory prototypes including blends, granules, tablets, capsules, coated dosage forms, suspensions, emulsions, creams, gels, lotions, and solutions.
• Conducts formulation screening studies and generates technical data to support customer projects and internal marketing initiatives.
• Operates pharmaceutical processing equipment including blenders, granulators, tablet presses, encapsulators, fluid bed processors, coating equipment, mixers, homogenizers, laboratory-scale liquid and topical manufacturing equipment.
• Performs analytical and physical characterization testing including HPLC, UV/Vis spectroscopy, dissolution, disintegration, hardness, friability, particle size, rheology, viscosity, powder flow, and density measurements.
• Maintains laboratory equipment, instrumentation, raw material inventory, and samples to ensure efficient laboratory operations.
• Performs routine equipment setup, cleaning, preventative maintenance, and calibration activities in accordance with laboratory procedures.

Skills

Formulation development

Analytical testing

Solid oral dosage forms

GLP compliance

Lab management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences/Chemical Engineering

Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD)

Tools

HPLC

Tablet coating equipment

Granulation equipment

Job description

IMCD Group in Allendale, NJ is seeking an Associate Scientist to support the Pharmaceutical Technical Center in formulation development, prototype manufacturing, analytical testing, and laboratory management.

The role works on-site in the Allendale lab and collaborates with Senior Scientists on customer projects, supplier collaborations, and internal studies, following GLP, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.