Material and Analytical Sciences - Co-Op

Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Co-Op to join our Material and Analytical Sciences department located at our Ridgefield facility. As a Co-Op, you will be working in a dynamic environment to evaluate biorelevant dissolution measurement of pediatric dosage forms with tiny TIM system.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• He/she will be involved in activities to evaluate the applicability for pediatric programs on the tiny-TIM dynamic gastro-intestinal model (training and mentoring will be given).
• Research and select drug products with known clinical data, and utilize tiny-TIM to compare with published in vivo data.
• Evaluate which tiny-Tim methods correlate to in vivo data.
• Collect high quality data and summarize findings for department seminar.
   

Requirements

• Must be a current graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.
• Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship.
• Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.
• Major or minor in related field of internship
• Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.
• Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.
• Experience with various laboratory equipment is required.

Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with general Pharmacokinetics
• Experience with Dissolution techniques
• Analytical wet chemistry experience
• HPLC analysis
   

Compensation Data

This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD / hr. commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here.

Eligibility Requirements

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
Must be 18 years of age or older