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North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and develop scalable processes for drug substances and products (small molecules, peptides, ADCs) from pre-clinical to clinical stages, including pilot plant demonstrations and tech transfer.

Role type

Senior R&D Process Engineer (Chemical/Bio)

Builds

Robust manufacturing processes, novel engineering technologies, and commercial-ready production methods for biologics and small molecules.

Domain

Pharmaceutical R&D, Chemical/Bio Engineering

Deliverable

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

Required skills

reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, mathematical modeling, process scale-up, control strategy development, regulatory filing support, experimental design, statistical tools

Preferred skills

analytical techniques (UV/Vis, HPLC, FTIR, Raman, MS, microscopy), mechanistic/process modeling, computational fluid dynamics, GxP compliance, risk assessment

Technologies

HPLC, FTIR, Raman, mass spectrometry, microscopy, CFD

Responsibilities

Develop robust manufacturing processes in lab and pilot plant; characterize new assets; execute research plans; solve challenging problems in reactions/separations/isolations; author technical documents for regulatory filings; collaborate cross-functionally with chemists and engineers; present at scientific conferences.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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