Senior Scientist/Engineer, Research & Development

Today, Lonza is one of the world’s largest healthcare manufacturing organizations operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech has an opening for a Sr. Scientist or Engineer to join their Research and Development team at their Bend, OR location.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in research, development and transfer of drug delivery innovations within Lonza
• Possesses the capability to design and conduct experiments, analyze data, and clearly communicate results in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Identifies opportunities to provide enhancement of current technology platforms and pursue new technologies. Drives the creation of intellectual property and achievement of strategic deliverables
• Knowledge of and ability to broadly apply scientific and engineering fundamentals in areas such as heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, kinetics, chemistry, materials science and mathematical modeling
• Use physical models and sound hypotheses to design work plans and to interpret data
• Specific experience and comfort with designing, coding, and applying mechanistic and statistical models to guide process chemistry and engineering and formulation activities.
• Identify opportunities and lead innovation in new technology development and improvements to existing technologies that solve important problems in pharmaceutical development
• Contribute to the establishment of intellectual property around innovations
• Independently seek out and effectively apply knowledge from the literature or other external sources
• Effectively communicate scientific concepts internally and externally in verbal and written format, including preparing guidance documents and publishing results
• Exhibit leadership in scientific thought, in operational execution, and in supporting clients
• Serve as technical subject matter expert across the organization
• Be a technical and professional mentor for less experienced colleagues
• Other duties as required
  
  

Key Requirements

• Requires a BS or MS in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science or related field
• Effective communication skills are required due to the multidisciplinary team structures
  
  

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.