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2025 Lipid Nanoparticle Technology Development Intern

Employer
AbbVie
Location
North Chicago, IL
Salary
$58,656 - $98,000
Start date
Nov 17, 2024
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Discipline
Engineering, Chemical Engineer
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
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Job Details


Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.


Job Description

Lipid Nanoparticle Technology Development Intern Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) represent a key new modality to enable the effective delivery ofmRNA. The Small Molecule Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Control (SM CMC) organization is seeking a highly motivated, talented, and creative intern to generate a rapid mixing platform for lipid nanoparticles. This platform will be used to screen LNP compositions in a well-defined and characterized system that will enable robust scale-up. This work will significantly enhance understanding of this manufacturing platform to influence the design of a scale-up system, with the potential for a peer-reviewed publication on a demonstrated use case.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Helping to advance the LNP manufacturing platform by establishing a workflow for evaluation of various material parameters, while also expanding fundamental understanding of the impact of process and material parameters on LNP formation.
  • The outcome of this work will enable the team to rapidly design an LNP process and evaluate the physical stability of LNP formulations.

This internship will be based in North Chicago, IL.


Qualifications

MinimumQualifications

  • Currently enrolled in university, pursuing aMasters or PhDin chemical engineering, material science and engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and engineering, or other related field.
  • Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship.
  • Fundamental understanding of analytical characterization techniques for lipid nanoparticle formulation development and testing.
  • Experience developing and characterizing lipid nanoparticle drug delivery systems for systemic and targeted RNA delivery.
  • Excellent self-management and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills and ability to clearly communicate theories and concepts and drive technical excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Expected graduation date between December 2025 July 2026.
  • Knowledge of preclinical and clinical formulation development principles relevant to lipid nanoparticle formulations.

Benefits and Amenities

  • Competitive pay.
  • Relocation support for eligible students.
  • Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time.

Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.


Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes ingood faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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Company

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Stock Symbol: ABBV

Stock Exchange: NYSE

Company info
Website
Phone
1-800-255-5162
Location
1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
United States

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