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Senior Scientist I/II, Process Engineering

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and develop scalable manufacturing processes for small molecule drug substances, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), toxins, and cosmetic active ingredients (CAIs) from pre-clinical through clinical stages.

Role type

Senior IC process engineering scientist (crystallization & scale-up)

Builds

Robust manufacturing processes for small and large molecule APIs and drug products

Domain

Pharmaceutical manufacturing / Chemical engineering

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Crystallization fundamentals, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, mathematical modeling, separations and isolations, laboratory process development, process scale-up, regulatory CMC content preparation

Preferred skills

Novel approach development, cross-functional collaboration, scientific publication

Technologies

Process modeling tools, laboratory equipment for crystallization and purification

Responsibilities

Develop robust scale-up and manufacturing processes for small/large molecule assets; perform laboratory experiments and process modeling; address challenging separation and isolation problems; author technical documents summarizing process development efforts; lead identification and development of novel technologies to enhance process efficiency

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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