Formulation Scientist

Scorpion Therapeutics; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in Milwaukee, WI seeks a hands-on Scientist to develop dry-format, liquid-format, and HTS products to support drug discovery and development. You will formulate, prototype, characterize, and scale biochemical products across tablets, sachets, vials, and HTS plates.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in biomedical or chemical engineering sciences and hands-on experience with formulation development, powder processing, tableting, automated dispensing, HTS plate prep,

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in biomedical/biochemical/pharmaceutical/chemical engineering sciences.
• Practical experience in formulation development, powder processing, and tableting.
• Experience with automated solid and liquid dispensing, HTS plate preparation, analytical testing, moisture control, packaging and stability studies.

Responsibilities

• Formulate, prototype, characterize and scale biochemical products across formats.
• Develop tablets, mini-tablets, sachets, vials and HTS plates.
• Oversee buffers, biorelevant media, excipients, stability reagents, and LC-MS workflow reagents.

Skills

Formulation development

HTS plate prep

Analytical testing

Moisture control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Biochemical/Pharmaceutical/Chemical engineering

Job description

Hands-on Scientist to develop dry-format, liquid-format, and high-throughput screening (HTS) products supporting drug discovery and drug development workflows.

You will be responsible for formulating, prototyping, characterizing, and scaling biochemical products across a range of formats, including tablets, mini-tablets, sachets, vials, and 24, 48, 96, and 384 well plates.

The scope of work encompasses biological buffers, biorelevant media, formulation excipients, stability-challenge reagents, LC-MS workflow reagents, biochemical screening matrices, and focused chemical libraries.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in biomedical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, or chemical engineering sciences, combined with practical experience in formulation development, powder processing, tableting, automated solid and liquid dispensing, HTS plate preparation, analytical testing, moisture control, packaging, and stability studies.