Lab Assistant (Intern), Product Development

Catalent•San Diego, CA

5d•$17 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

Lab Assistant (Intern), Product Development Position Summary: Work Schedule: Part-time (15-20/hours per week) Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm 100% on-site (San Diego) Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Catalent’s San Diego facility focuses on early-stage development of small molecule and peptide drug candidates from the bench to the clinic. This facility offers an array of services that support oral and injectable dosage forms that include preformulation testing, formulation and analytical development, cGMP manufacturing and clinical packaging, labeling, and worldwide distribution. Our San Diego location is the home of our Catalent Spray Drying technologies with downstream roller compaction capabilities to support the needs of our client’s most challenging compounds. Catalent offers students a fun and stimulating environment to gain lab experience and exposure to pharmaceutical chemistry development. Lab Assistants will have the opportunity to learn about formulation development of drug products, including but not limited to tableting, solutions, suspensions, encapsulation, and spray drying. In addition, Assistants will have the opportunity to learn the analytical chemistry techniques used to characterize active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulations such as: pH, density, powder X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, microscopy, and dissolution testing. To be considered for this San Diego-based internship, you must be able to work on-site weekly as it is a long-term year-round position If you are a UCSD student, you may be eligible for the UC San Diego Division of Biological Sciences Co-Op Program. Please contact Melissa Hoon at [email protected] for more details regarding the Co-Op program.

Requirements

Must have attained a High School Diploma/GED and be currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s degree program with a major in life sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology).
Bachelor’s graduates are not eligible for this role and therefore will NOT be considered
Availability to work 15-20 hours per week on-site during the hours of 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday (no exceptions)
Housing assistance and/or relocation are NOT available for this role
On an average day this position requires the ability to walk, sit and stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear, smell and lift up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision requirements including reading of written documents, visual inspection of materials and use of computer monitor screen frequently

Nice To Haves

Completion of upper division Chemistry coursework is preferred.
Prior experience in chemistry and chemistry lab techniques are strongly preferred
Candidates should be highly self-motivated, organized, and able to work as part of a team

Responsibilities

Clean laboratory glassware
Perform maintenance on designated laboratory equipment and order supplies
Prepare buffers and laboratory reagents
Document experiments in a laboratory notebook
Assist in experiments under the supervision of a full-time Scientist
May also perform routine experiments without supervision
Learn and comply with all GMP practices in use at Catalent
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

Awesome employee activities: Movie Day, Monthly Birthday Celebrations, Friday Bagel Breakfast, On-site Fitness Center with machines, on-site yoga and HIIT classes, Sponsored Sports Teams, and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery, which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships, overall creating a positive work environment.
Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.
Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.
Competitive salary/hourly rate offering students an amazing company to add to your resume before graduation with exciting hands-on lab experience.
Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!
Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world.
Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.
Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us.
Join us in making a difference. personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.