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JOB DESCRIPTIONDesignation: Associate Scientist (8-I)Job Location: BangaloreDepartment: PD-Process Safety & Engg (PSE)About SyngeneIncorporated in 1993, Syngene International Ltd. is an innovation-focused global discovery, development and manufacturing organization providing integrated scientific services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods and specialty chemical industries around the world. Syngene' s clientele includes world leaders such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Baxter, Amgen, GSK, Merck KGaA and Herbalife. Its innovative culture is driven by the passion of its 4240- strong team of scientists who work with clients from around the world to solve their scientific problems, improve R&D productivity, speed up time to market and lower the cost of innovation.Job Purpose:Looking for a process engineer who will be able to address chemical engineering challenges on bench and support scale-up activities in process research and development groupKey Responsibilities:The successful candidate will have to work as individual contributor as part of PSE team with responsibilities like development of safe and robust chemical processes for the preparation of drug substances in support of drug development activities. Development work includes experimental study of unit processes/unit operations in the laboratory and their implementation in the appropriate scale-up facility.Responsibilities:1. Responsible for handling unit operations (crystallization, distillation, extraction, reaction, drying, milling) on scale and for engineering analysis (heat and mass transfer). 2. On-bench contribution: Demonstrate the process which involves process engineering\safety challenges 3. Look into process critically and to develop safe and scalable processes4. Providing insights and innovative engineering solutions to project team members in order to address process related challengesEducational Qualification:B.E/B.Tech in Chemical engineering from reputed institute/university (India/abroad)Essential:1. Good understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals and unit operations. Expertise in Crystallization development preferred.2. Coordination with a multi-disciplinary team of process R and D, pilot plant, process safety, quality control and quality assurance personnel.Preferable:1. Previous experience in Pharmaceutical Process R&D, Process Engineering. 2. Exposure to Dynochem or any other modeling software, reaction kinetics, DoE3. Understanding of Analytical data generated from HPLC, GC, XRPD, DSC etc.4. Good understanding about cGMP facility in pilot plantExperience:3-5 years of relevant industrial experienceBehavioral Skills:1. Should be a good team player within and across cross functional teams.2. Should be self-motivated, creative and independent thinking individual.Equal Opportunity Employer:It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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