Engineering Intern
About The Position
We offer integrated, comprehensive solutions that address complex technical, clinical development, and safety and regulatory challenges, leveraging our deep scientific, medical, and regulatory expertise and real-world experience. Our goal is to help you complete projects efficiently and with less risk, leading to solutions for a healthier and safer world. With a broad range of renowned scientific, medical, regulatory, and engineering specialists under one roof, we streamline your project and reduce your workload, so you can make sound, science-based decisions about human and environmental health issues. BlueRidge Life Sciences is a growing family of companies providing a comprehensive suite of life sciences services, spanning toxicology, regulatory science, risk assessment, epidemiology, biostatistics, engineering, clinical research, health economics, pharmaceutical commercialization, and environmental consulting. Across these specialized areas, we collaborate to deliver science-driven solutions that support industries including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, chemicals, foods and consumer products. Our collective expertise helps clients navigate regulatory requirements, assess safety and efficacy, manage risks, and optimize pharmaceutical commercialization strategies. If you’re ready to achieve your life science goals, there’s no better partner than BlueRidge Life Sciences.
Requirements
- Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science or Engineering (Chemical, Biomedical, and Mechanical disciplines preferred)
- Relevant course work or experience in engineering, thermodynamics, packaging dynamics, and/or logistics
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Individuals must be able to respond to changing priorities and operate under short lead times, be able to identify problems and work toward solutions, and be able to influence without direct authority.
- The successful candidate must be attentive to details and have strong organizational skills.
- Mastery of MS-Office applications
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in FDA-regulated industry; specifically, biotech, pharmaceuticals, or public health
- Understanding of packaging testing and design considerations for the pharmaceutical industry
- Understanding of drug product development requirements and quality-by-design concepts
- Experience in supply chain operations: shipping, warehousing, packaging.
- Demonstrated skills in technical presentation and analytical problem solving
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage a multitude of tasks concurrently.
Responsibilities
- Execute transport simulation studies according to protocol requirements
- Perform inspection on pharmaceutical products and packaging
- Perform physical testing of products and packaging, including drop testing of heavy packages
- Record completion of tasks, study results, and observations while adhering to good documentation practices
- Assist in the investigation of study deviations and equipment performance
- Contributes to achievement of internal project deliverables and maintenance of timelines
- Applies basic risk management principles to work
- Designs testing protocols for internal projects, executes tests, and writes reports in compliance with applicable industry-best standards
- Assist in the implementation of lab equipment upgrades
- Be on call periodically for response to study interruptions
- Independently manage your own time and projects, ensuring timely drafting/review/approval of procedures, protocols, reports, etc.
- Train on and follow all company policies and procedures
- Maintains vigilance to the Quality Management System and procedures
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
