Description

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Co-Op to join our Material and Analytical Sciences department located at our Ridgefield, Connecticut facility. As a Spring Co-Op, you will be working in a dynamic environment to develop novel critical material attributes to correlate dissolution kinetics from drug substance and drug product physical properties. 

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities He/She will be involved in independently setting up the in vitro dissolution process and developing relevant analytical procedure. Characterize various physical properties of drug substance and drug products obtained by different manufacturing routes. Collect high quality data and summarize findings for department seminar.Requirements Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing from Pharmaceutical Science or Chemical Engineering background. Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship.Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.Major or minor in related field of internshipUndergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.

Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:

Experience in various in-vitro dissolution testing and method development is required. Good understanding of material science and formulation development of small molecules including relevant characterization techniques is preferred.Experience in transport/kinetic modeling is a plus.Compensation Data

This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD / hr. commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here.

Eligibility Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older