2025 Product Development Science Technology PDST Graduate Intern Combination Products Aesthetics and Devices

Combination Products Aesthetics and Devices 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.

As an intern on the Combination Products Aesthetics and Devices team you would focus on a technical project to support product development. The focus will be polymeric materialsbased gel crosslinking and degradation and polymer rheology from the manufacturing process in melt rheology mixing and rheology characterization with and without biocompatible fillers in the studied gel materials. The selected intern will preferably have knowledge in the biomaterials of hyaluronic acid (HA) polymeric materials and calcium hydroxyapatite (CaHAp) inorganic beads. The activities include but are not limited to process development material characterization technical investigations robustness improvements and innovative technologies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Demonstrate knowledge in polymericbased materials and biomaterial inorganic beads for medical aesthetic and pharmaceutical product applications.
• Enable study design and conduct experimental work in polymer crosslinking and degradation for product development and dynamic rheology characterization.
• Leverage knowledge in filled bioinorganic particles in a polymeric material system and its mechanisms and impacts on crosslinking and degradation.
• Enable materials rheology variability characterization in storage and loss modulus and viscosity through rheometer and analyzing the experimental data.
• Characterize assess and understand filler surface chemistry pH morphology and their interactions with its based polymeric materials.
• Analyze the experimental data identify the observed trend summarize the results organize the slide deck and present to stakeholders.

• Demonstrate scientific initiative and creativity in research and development activities.
• Develop and execute laboratory work drawing conclusions and deviations.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualifications 

• Currently enrolled in university pursuing a Masters or PhD in Material Sciences Chemical Engineering Pharmaceutical Sciences Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or other related field of study.
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship.
• Strong scientific background with ability to design studies for characterization and optimization of formulation and surface properties process controls and container systems.
• Ability to perform routine and complex tasks competently and independently ensuring the generation of reliable and consistent results.
• Ability to maintain compliance with all applicable policies and procedures and understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct safety appropriate handling of materials and GxP compliance where applicable.  
• 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 including senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD with an expected graduation date between December 2025 June 2026.
• Previous research/experience with wet lab polymer chemistry material sciences polymer crosslinking and degradation and synthetic chemistry polymer melt mixing process polymer rheology and its characterization process chemistry modeling and data analysis software.

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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