Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Job Summary
- Senior Scientist
- 9- month contract
Responsibilities / Job Duties
- Perform analytical testing and release of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, in-process materials, and finished drug products using techniques such as HPLC/UPLC, GC, UV-Vis, IR spectroscopy, and other relevant analytical methods.
- Develop, optimize, and validate analytical methods, including stability-indicating methods, to support product development and commercialization activities.
- Perform all laboratory activities in accordance with applicable current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements and relevant FDA, EMA, and ICH guidelines.
- Accurately document raw analytical data, observations, calculations, instrument outputs, chromatograms, and test results in laboratory notebooks and controlled laboratory logbooks.
- Evaluate critical mechanical and adhesive properties of transdermal patches, including peel adhesion, tack, shear strength, and liner release force, using calibrated tensile and texture-analysis equipment.
- Determine drug content uniformity, purity, and degradation products using analytical techniques such as HPLC/UPLC, GC, and UV-Vis spectroscopy.
- Examine transdermal patches using optical microscopy to assess representative areas for adhesive crystallization, air bubbles, cracks, voids, particulate matter, phase separation, and other visible defects.
- Perform routine calibration, verification, and maintenance of laboratory equipment, including balances and pH meters.
Education
Qualifications
- Finished goods testing using HPLC
- Dissolution
- Physical testing (viscosity, density, particle size)
Schedule / Shift
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm on-site in Piscataway, NJ
Benefits
- Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances).
- Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s)).
- 401k (Eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1).
- Short Term Disability Insurance.
- Term Life Insurance Plan.
*We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).
*As a job position within our Life Sciences division, a successful completion of a background check may be required as a condition of employment. This requirement is directly related to essential job functions including but not limited to: high-risk work environments (warehouse or industrial areas), high-risk/ high-error job duties that could result in life-threatening injury or death, operation of heavy-duty machinery, working with hazardous chemicals, exposure to other dangerous materials, such as drugs and sharp instruments. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.