North Chicago, IL
Senior Scientist jobs in North Chicago, IL
3 open roles from 1 employer. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
What these openings look like
All 3 are at AbbVie. None of these postings publish a pay range. Every posting is full time. The most recent went up on Oct 5, 2026.
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Open roles
What they ask senior scientist candidates here
Drawn from the 3 open postings on this page. The ones that come up across several employers are near the top.
Walk me through how you would design a formulation screening study for a new monoclonal antibody headed to a high-concentration subcutaneous product.
What they are checking: Depth in biologics formulation design, excipient choice and stability-indicating readouts.
What degradation pathways worry you most for proteins and conjugates, and how do you detect and control each one?
What they are checking: Mechanistic understanding of aggregation, oxidation, deamidation and conjugate-specific risks.
How do you design a process robustness study for fill-finish, and how do you decide which parameters are critical?
What they are checking: Risk-based process characterization and use of DoE.
Tell me about a technology transfer to an internal site or third-party manufacturer that ran into trouble. What happened and what did you do?
What they are checking: Real tech transfer experience and how problems are handled with partner sites.
Genetic medicines like AAV or LNPs behave very differently from proteins in drug product. What would you need to learn first if you moved onto one of those programs?
What they are checking: Awareness of modality-specific challenges and honest framing of their own gaps.
The CMC team wants a formulation locked in two months, but your stability data will not be complete. How do you handle that conversation?
What they are checking: Making a defensible risk-based recommendation under timeline pressure.
Tell me about a time analytical development and your formulation team disagreed on what the data meant.
What they are checking: Working through scientific disagreement with key stakeholders.
How do you keep up with new biologics formulation and process technologies, and is there one you have pushed to bring into a team?
What they are checking: Initiative to drive innovation, not just follow it.
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