2025 Product Development Science Technology PDST Graduate Intern Analytical Chemistry Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Intern Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders all while gaining worldclass experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie interns.

Product Development Science and Technology (PDS&T) is the intersection of technical excellence and business impact.  We are champions of product innovation and process knowledge to solve AbbVies most complex technical challenges to successfully support latephase products commercialize our pipeline ensure the quality and efficacy of our products make a direct impact on patient health and wellbeing.

The PDS&T Analytical Sciences group develops optimizes validates and transfers new robust analytical methods to support the latestage development pipeline programs and commercial products. During a summer in the Analytical Sciences group within PDS&T the intern will own a technical project focused on mass spectrometrybased analytical method developments address manufacturing and process challenges and facilitate new technologies development. You will have the opportunity to independently design and execute analytical methods to support robust manufacturing processes development for clinical phase and commercial products. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and efficacy of our products making a direct impact on patients health and wellbeing.

This position involves highly collaborative work where the intern will have the chance to work closely with crossfunctional teams including process and product development CMC process engineering internal and external manufacturing quality assurance and operations manufacturing sites. This collaborative environment will allow you to expand your knowledge and skills while making meaningful contributions to the organization.

Key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating scientific initiative and creativity in research and development activities.
• Leveraging strong chemistry backgrounds for analytical method development using various analytical instruments and conducting process chemistry and synthetic experiments.
• Developing and executing laboratory work drawing conclusions and deviations.
• Summarizing and presenting results with clear conclusions and recommendations for future steps.
• Performing routine and complex tasks competently and independently ensuring the generation of reliable and consistent results.
• Maintaining compliance with all applicable policies and procedures.
• Understanding and adhering to corporate standards regarding code of conduct safety appropriate handling of materials and GxP compliance where applicable.
• Collaborate with functional and technical experts to facilitate scientific achievement. The ability to work in a team environment is a priority.
• Publish/present projectrelated research in peerreviewed journals or at national conferences.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications 

• Currently enrolled in university pursuing a PhD in Analytical Chemistry Chemical Engineering or other related field of study.
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship.
• Demonstrated expertise in advanced mass spectrometry (high resolution or MS/MS).
• Demonstrated HPLC method development and optimization experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Expected graduation date between December 2025 August 2026.
• Previous research experience with LCMS method development and data analysis software.
• Previous research experience with inductively coupled plasma (ICPMS or ICPOES).
• Excellent verbal written presentation and interpersonal skills required. Ability to communicate concepts and problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization.
• Ability to conduct and interpret scientific experiments providing suggestions for additional experiments. Selfmotivated to execute with limited supervision and direction. Ability to conduct and interpret scientific experiments providing suggestions for additional experiments.
• Troubleshoot instrument identify and solve elementary problems in experimental designs. Demonstrate critical thinking and problemsolving skills.

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay.
• Relocation support for eligible students.
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday/sick time.
• Exposure to industry lab setting and opportunity to develop technical expertise.

Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.

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