Drug Delivery Formulation Scientist - R&D Innovator

Placements24; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Pharmaceutical Formulation Scientist to join our client’s Research and Development team in Gauteng. You will design, develop, and optimize pharmaceutical formulations and novel drug delivery systems across therapeutic areas.

You will translate scientific findings into viable medicinal products, perform pre-formulation and DoE-driven optimization, and collaborate with analytical, process development and manufacturing groups to support scale-up and regulatory submissions.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and developing pharmaceutical formulations.
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments (DoE) for optimization.
• Ability to document development activities for regulatory submissions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop stable, manufacturable formulations (tablets, capsules, injections, topicals).
• Conduct pre-formulation studies including solubility, stability and excipient screening.
• Perform formulation optimization using DoE approaches.
• Characterize formulated products using analytical techniques and rheology.
• Prepare development reports and technical documentation for regulatory submissions.
• Collaborate with analytical, process development and manufacturing teams for scale-up.

Skills

Formulation development

DoE

Analytical methods

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Pharmaceutical Formulation Scientist to join our client’s Research and Development team in Gauteng. You will design, develop, and optimize pharmaceutical formulations and novel drug delivery systems across therapeutic areas.

You will translate scientific findings into viable medicinal products, perform pre-formulation and DoE-driven optimization, and collaborate with analytical, process development and manufacturing groups to support scale-up and regulatory submissions.