Kelly Services
Location
Miramar, FL | United States
Job description
Formulation Scientist
Direct Hire
Salary up to 110K/year
Kelly Science has a new opening for a Formulation Scientist opening near Miramar FL with one of our growing clients.
Job Summary:
The incumbent will operate in a matrix type organizational structure, determined by project assignments.
Accomplishments will be objectively determined by the number of formulations transferred from the group to the process development group for continued product development and by the efficiency achieved in developing novel formulations when provided a product concept or active ingredient.
Job Responsibilities
•The incumbent will conduct pre-formulation and formulation activities for product development of transdermal products.
He/she will be able to review and evaluate current scientific and patent literature for evaluation of formulation components, including active and inactives (excipients, enhancers, film etc.) •
He/she will be responsible for evaluation of component materials for compatibility and appropriateness of use, either directly or supervising others in the conduct or performance of testing and evaluation.
He/she will likewise be capable designing, planning and preparing transdermal formulations, including but not limited to feasibility and compatibility experiments, in vitro permeation tests, and other product development experiments, and interprets results.
He/she will be able to supervise staff in the conduct of experiments and collaborate with other transdermal R&D staff members. •
He/she will have knowledge of analytical chemistry methods and instrumentation to enable supporting the analytical staff as needed.
He/she will be able to assemble and present results for discussion and review and write technical reports based on the experimental work.
He/she will assist with process development and scale-up, including clinical batch production.
Works as a member of a team to achieve all outcomes •
Plan and conduct feasibility and formulation experiments, including evaluations of solubility, in vitro permeation, adhesive properties, compatibility, and materials selection.
Qualifications:
Requires training in a scientific field such as pharmaceutical science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related scientific field, generally obtained through completion of a master’s or doctoral program
Overall background in drug delivery technologies, specifically transdermal, but including all general routes of administration of medications
Transdermal permeation theory and in vitro methods for permeation evaluation (cadaver skin flux experimental technology and methods)
Polymer, adhesive, excipient (enhancer) chemistry
GMP regulations and documentation
Technical report writing skills, and conduct technical presentations
Masters degrees two (2) to four (4) years of experience
Bachelor’s degree four (4) to six (6) years of experience
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