Post-Doctoral Associate, Visual Inspection

Role: Post-Doctoral Associate in Visual Inspection within Lilly's Technical Services/Manufacturing Science group, focused on developing and optimizing inspection strategies for parenteral drug products. Responsibilities include designing experiments to evaluate defect detection (particles, container defects), modeling probability of detection, assessing AI-based inspection enhancements, and supporting process validation and technology transfer in a GMP environment. Qualifications: Ph.D. in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, or related; proven expertise in particle characterization, optical/imaging systems, and materials analysis; peer-reviewed publications. Experience in developing inspection models and working with automated/manual inspection processes is preferred. High-Value: Parenteral drugs, visual inspection, particle detection, GMP compliance, experimental design, PoD modeling, AI evaluation, manufacturing support. Location: Indianapolis, IN. Duration: fixed two-year position with possible extension; no visa sponsorship.