Associate Scientist, Engineering II
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
You'd support manufacturing campaigns and process performance qualification batches on site. What's different about being on the floor versus in the lab?
What they are checking: Awareness that a campaign has no room to repeat a run
You'd author campaign memos and technical summaries. Tell me about something you've written that someone else used to make a decision.
What they are checking: Whether they write technical summaries clearly enough for others to make decisions from them, which this role requires regularly.
This role is based at North Chicago. What part of oral solid dosage development would you most want to learn here?
What they are checking: A specific reason for this position rather than any bench job
What would you do
How do you decide when to modify a protocol versus follow it exactly?
What they are checking: Whether they know when a protocol must be followed exactly and how to change it properly, which regulated labs demand.
The job says you work independently. What do you do when you're stuck and your supervisor isn't available?
What they are checking: Whether they can work independently while knowing when to pause and seek help, rather than taking risky shortcuts alone.
About the work
This role supports development, characterization and scale-up of oral solid dosage manufacturing. What unit operations have you run yourself?
What they are checking: Hands-on experience with blending, granulation, compression and coating rather than familiarity
Walk me through a scale-up problem you've worked on. What changed between the small scale and the larger one?
What they are checking: Whether they understand why processes behave differently at larger scale, such as mixing and heat transfer, which scale-up depends on.
The posting names designed experiments and statistical tools to support process understanding. Tell me about an experiment you designed and what it told you.
What they are checking: Whether design of experiments is a skill or a phrase
An experiment gives you a result that doesn't make sense. How do you work out whether it's the method, the instrument or the material?
What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot methodically, separating method, instrument and material causes, rather than changing several things at once.
The posting names data integrity and good manufacturing practice compliance. What does data integrity mean in practical terms at the bench?
What they are checking: Whether they practice data integrity at the bench, like contemporaneous and attributable records, rather than only reciting a definition.
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