Research Associate I/II, Formulation & Process Development

Flagship Pioneering is a platform innovation company that invents and builds companies changing the world. They bring together scientific minds with entrepreneurial company builders and assemble capital to drive courageous leaps in human health, sustainability, and beyond.

This role will be a foundational hire supporting formulation and product development efforts, focusing on developing, screening, and optimising dried powder formulations. The individual will play a critical hands-on role in executing formulation strategies using techniques like lyophilisation and spray drying.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and execute mixing protocols for solid and liquid mixtures, optimising for uniformity, stability, viscosity, temperature, and pH.
• Execute protocols for producing dried formulations by spray drying, freeze drying, and milling operations.
• Characterise dried powder products using analytical and physical methods to inform formulation and process decisions.
• Support process development and scale-awareness by documenting critical parameters and generating data relevant to future scale-up.
• Maintain clear, rigorous experimental documentation and generate high-quality summaries, figures, and datasets.
• Contribute to establishing long-term formulation workflows, best practices, and standards.
• Design, conduct, and maintain stability studies of packaged formulations.
• Communicate results, roadblocks, errors, ideas, and breakthroughs to team members.

Professional experience and qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, materials science, biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• RA I: BS with up to 2 years of relevant industry experience.
• RA II: BS with 2-4 years or MS with 0–2 years of relevant industry experience.
• Grounding in physical chemistry or materials science principles relevant to dried systems is preferred.
• Familiarity with analytical and characterisation techniques for powders and solid-state materials is preferred.
• Proven ability to work independently in a dynamic, early-stage research environment is preferred.

The salary range for this role is $65,000 - $93,500.