Associate Scientist - Materials Science - 2- Year- FTC

GSK; Hertford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

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Associate Scientist, Materials Science– 2-year FTC

Materials Science provides holistic understanding of how structure influences particle and powder properties to design a particle process which optimises drug product processing and performance. As projects advance through development, materials scientists support project teams by performing laboratory studies, analysing data, from lead optimization up to and including the transfer and industrialization of manufacturing processes to commercial facilities.

Your role as an Associate Scientist – Materials Science will be focused on the characterisation of drug substances to support the design, selection and progression of all new drug products developed within GSK’s Pharmaceutical portfolio. This will be based on generation of physical properties, biopharmaceutics and materials science understanding created using a range of solid-state physical characterisation, structural analysis and in-vitro analytical methods.

These are predominantly lab-based on the Ware R&D site and will likely require some travel to our other R&D site in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

In this role you will...

• Design and perform bulk and solid state physical properties analysis of drug substance and drug product when required using a range of analytical techniques, including powder flow techniques, surface area, particle size, image analysis (LD, Optical Microscopy, SEM, M4, Shear Cell, XRPD, GVS, Raman, DSC, TGA, SSA), across multiple projects to generate data to inform R&D decision making
• May support stability testing, method validation and transfer activities across projects as required
• Ensure appropriate quality activities are performed throughout development including authoring of analytical test results
• Work effectively and collaboratively on multi-disciplinary medicine development teams
• Perform data management and some data interpretation, record results effectively and communicate results in technical reports
• Comply with local regulatory and data integrity requirements, including cGMP and GSK policies and procedures, with high quality and attention to one’s own safety

Why you?

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• BSc in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Materials Science or equivalent or previous industry experience in laboratory-based role
• Practical analytical chemistry knowledge
• Good time management and team-working skills

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience in bulk properties characterisation (e.g. powder flow, surface area)
• Experience in particle sizing techniques (e.g. Laser diffraction, microscopy, imaging)
• Experience in solid state characterisation (e.g. XRPD, thermal analysis)
• Working knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry
• Working knowledge of pharmaceutical development process
• Working knowledge of relating physical properties to structure and performance of drug substance and drug product

Closing Date for Applications – Tuesday 22nd April 2025

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