Process Engineering Assistant (Intern)

Catalent Pharma Solutions • San Diego, CA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

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 equipment and systems. Process Engineering Assistants (Interns) will have the opportunity to support R&D scale-up and process development by drafting, executing, and documenting development batch records, performing routine experiments, and generating technical reports under engineering or chemistry supervision. 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 currently be a full time (ideally second or third year) Engineering student.
• Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering majors preferred.
• Completion of college level science lab and familiarity with basic lab equipment.
• Basic knowledge of chemistry and statistics is preferred.
• Availability to work 15-20 hours per week on-site during the hours of 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday (no exceptions)

Responsibilities

• Draft development batch records (DBRs) for R&D scale up experiments.
• Document experiments in DBRs under the supervision of a full-time engineer.
• May perform routine experiments without supervision.
• Assist in experimentation and development activities under the supervision of a full-time pharmaceutical process engineer or chemist.
• Complete executed DBRs and generate technical reports.
• Setup, breakdown, and cleaning of designated manufacturing/laboratory equipment.
• Maintain a clean and organized laboratory workspace.
• Work with engineering team to troubleshoot and maintain manufacturing/laboratory equipment.
• Work on process improvement projects for the Process Engineering team.
• Learn and comply with all cGMP practices in use at Catalent San Diego.
• All duties performed in compliance with SOPs
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• On-site Fitness Center with machines
• Competitive salary/hourly rate offering students an amazing company to add to your resume before graduation with exciting hands-on lab experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees