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Join our Pharmaceutical Development team for a 6–12 month internship and dive into the world of advanced drug formulation. Based in a dynamic industrial setting, you’ll work hands-on in our labs and technicum to explore Solid Oral Dosage forms and novel processing technologies that accelerate medicine delivery to patients worldwide.
During your internship, you’ll gain practical experience in developing and characterizing dosage forms and their components, while learning how these translate into scalable production processes. You’ll collaborate with experts in pharmaceutical science, technology, and data-driven innovation—building skills that matter for the future of healthcare.
About the Role
Location: Basel, Switzerland, #LI-Onsite
This internship is limited to 6 - 12 months, with a start date as soon as possible.
Please note that we can only accept applicants who are eligible to work in Switzerland.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the formulation and process development for oral drug products and perform feasibility trials to advance the assessment and innovation of new technologies, under supervision of an experienced team member
- Perform related work in our galenical lab (non-GMP) incl. characterization of material properties
- Utilize data digital tools (e.g. e-Lab Journal, digital IPC data handling, digital data recording, data visualization tools)
- Provide raw data documentation, evaluation and interpretation of results incl. presentations at internal meetings.
- Propose and provide input for the design of next experiments
- Adherence to quality, quantity, and timelines for all assigned tasks.
- Adherence to Novartis standards, in particular, quality, ethical, health, safety, and environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) standards.
Essential Requirements:
- You have a recent degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline (e.g. MSc, or BSc or a College of Applied Science Diploma or equivalent).
- Good scientific or technical knowledge in galenics / pharmaceutical technology / formulation- and/or process development
- Special interest in formulation, pharmaceutical technology/processing and/or physicochemical properties / pharmaceutical material including curiosity and interest in performing lab work
- Excellent Communication and organizational skills with respect to planning and tracking of commitments
- Languages: Proficiency in English (oral and written) required, German skills are advantageous
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience in working with active ingredients in a lab setting incl. experience with related HSE principles
- Experience or general digital severity in actively applying data-digital tools like e-LabNotebook, digital documentation and data recording tools
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Our recruitment decisions are based on selecting the best person for the job, regardless of gender, religion, age, color, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability.
Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com, and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
Application deadline: December 24 EOB.
Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the position and from when you will be available and for how long.
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
