Pharmaceutical Formulations Intern
- Location
- Kalamazoo - Downtown Portage Street
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Kalamazoo - Downtown Portage Street Pharmaeutical Formulations Intern Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Internship Summary: The pharmaceutical formulations intern will work closely with experienced formulation scientists, engineers, and project team members to help advance Zoetis’ innovative drug product development pipeline. They will lead an independent project focused on customer-obsessed formulation design and development, and present their research and results.
Internship Job Duties:
- Shadow senior colleagues to learn drug product processes, engineering controls, and testing strategies
- Design and execute excipient compatibility studies and drug product stabilities studies
- Lead experimental drug product manufacturing trials
- Independently perform basic product quality testing, such as syringability, resuspension, dose uniformity, etc.
- Participate in organizational and career learning and development opportunities.
Internship Qualifications: · Actively pursuing a Master’s degree, or are pre-candidacy in a doctoral degree, in fields of pharmaceutical sciences, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, or related field. Students pursuing a BS in these fields will be considered if there is accompanying significant relevant research experience. · Demonstrated competency executing basic laboratory tasks independently, such as safe chemical handling, weigh/dispense, microscopy, literature searching, etc. · Experienced with sterile injectables, including suspensions and gels. Experience with HPLC, SEM, and AI-assisted research/study design are a plus.
The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:
If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour
The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):
Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20 per hour Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour
Notice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn , including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com , please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.
Zoetis is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
From 6J6 - Zoetis LLC's careers page (Workday), checked 31 Oct 2026.
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Posted 9 Oct 2026 · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Report this job