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Senior Scientist I, Engineering

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop scalable and robust engineering processes for small molecule APIs, antibody drug conjugates, peptides, and natural products through late-stage development and commercialization.

Role type

Senior IC process engineer (pharmaceuticals)

Builds

Scalable manufacturing processes for small molecule APIs, ADCs, peptides, and natural products

Domain

Pharmaceutical manufacturing / Chemical engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

chemical kinetics, transport phenomena, thermodynamics, mathematical modeling, experimental design, data analysis, troubleshooting, GxP compliance, technical writing, patent drafting, mentorship

Preferred skills

none stated

Technologies

none stated

Responsibilities

Assess unit operations for process robustness and scale-up risks; investigate and optimize new methods; formulate conclusions and design follow-on experiments; troubleshoot product failures; author technical reports and patents; mentor other engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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