Senior Associate Scientist, Solid-Dose Drug Formulation

Biopharma Careers; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

Wellbeing programs

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sanofi in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Associate Scientist to advance oral solid dosage formulations from preclinical to GMP transfer. You will design, develop, and optimize tablet and capsule products while collaborating with CMC teams.

Join a cross-functional team applying hands-on lab skills, DoE methodologies, and dissolution testing to accelerate drug candidates into clinical development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in a life sciences field with hands-on pharma experience.
• Experience with oral solid dosage formulation development.
• Academic or industry exposure to DoE and dissolution testing.

Responsibilities

• Support design and development of oral solid dosage formulations for preclinical/clinical programs.
• Execute formulation studies including excipient testing and prototype development.
• Contribute to conventional and enabling formulations to address bioavailability.
• Support granulation, blending, compression, encapsulation activities.
• Apply DoE to optimize formulation and process parameters with guidance.

Skills

Oral solid dosage formulation

DoE methodologies

Dissolution testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree OR Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Food Science, or related life science/engineering

Tools

Dissolution apparatus (USP2/USP4/USP7)

Tablet/capsule manufacturing equipment

Analytical instrumentation (HPLC)

Job description

Sanofi in Cambridge, MA seeks a Senior Associate Scientist to advance oral solid dosage formulations from preclinical to GMP transfer. You will design, develop, and optimize tablet and capsule products while collaborating with CMC teams.

Join a cross-functional team applying hands-on lab skills, DoE methodologies, and dissolution testing to accelerate drug candidates into clinical development.