Our company's Pharmaceutical Sciences organization translates molecules to medicines, working from the discovery interface through registration stability manufacturing by designing, developing and scaling-up the formulation, device, and manufacturing process.  Driving drug product design from the bench top to the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing facilities, our Scientists use cutting edge science to transform drug delivery and manufacturing technology to positively impact patients.

The successful candidate will be a passionate Scientist with strong academic fundamentals and a drive to develop new medicines to improve human health.  In this role, the individual will be responsible for supporting the formulation development of new chemical entities as part of a matrix team from initial first in human formulations (suspensions, solutions, capsules, tablets) through final market formulation definition and manufacturing process robustness assessment.

Additional responsibilities are as follows:

· Develops and applies basic principles and scientific concepts to execute work in a laboratory or pilot plant environment to advance new solid oral drug products.

· Capability to support manufacturing operations in non-GMP and GMP environments.

· Executes routine experiments and data interpretation with appropriate technical guidance.

· Ability to operate and  trouble shoot equipment and processes.

· Capable of learning practical laboratory/pilot plant skills and fundamental scientific principles to utilize as part of their daily responsibilities.

· Can understand overall project timelines to manage prioritization of individual contributor deliverables with appropriate supervision.

· Works well with others in collaborative team environments.

· Builds awareness of relevant new and current technologies to grow as a pharmaceutical scientist.

Education Minimum Requirement:

· B.S. or M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences or related discipline (expected no later than June 2025).

Required Experience and Skills:

· Ability to learn and apply new scientific principles to execution of daily responsibilities

· Demonstrated ability to collate and conduct basic data analysis

· Prior experience with Microsoft Office

· Strong verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Experience and Skills:

· Prior experience in a laboratory environment

· Prior experience with statistical software (JMP, Minitab) and numerical analysis software (Matlab)

· Strong mechanical aptitude

· Passion to learn and develop as a pharmaceutical scientist

https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/job/R313817/Associate-Scientist-Oral-Formulation-Sciences-PSCS

Questions? Reach out to Mark.Merrem@merck.com Associate Scientist at Merck and OSU Chemical Engineering alum ‘24

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmerrem/

Josefine Fleetwood (She/Her), Employer Relations Manager

Oregon State University | College of Engineering  

School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering

School of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering

116 Johnson Hall  - Room 112

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Josefine.fleetwood@oregonstate.edu