Sr Scientist I, Automation Development
AbbVie
August 19, 2026
Remote friendly (North Chicago, IL)
United States
$96,500 - $183,500 USD yearly
IT
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement automated, data-enabled workflows to accelerate decision-making and improve throughput in early development sciences.
- Profile physicochemical properties; screen and develop preclinical formulations.
- Advance platform workflows for emerging modalities (including small molecules, PROTACs, and peptides).
- Use chemical automation, assay development, and integrated workflow design to generate and interpret physicochemical data informing developability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with discovery and development sciences teams to build and optimize integrated capabilities supporting faster, data-driven pipeline progression.
- Support developability assessment: identify higher-probability molecules for clinical development and commercialization.
- Conduct formulation work including enabling formulations, addressing in vivo absorption challenges, and aligning strategies with program target product profiles.
Qualifications:
- B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in pharmaceutical or related fields (Senior Scientist I: 10+ yrs BS, 8+ yrs MS, 0–3 yrs PhD experience).
- Familiarity with physicochemical property assessment for CMC developability and risk mitigation.
- Hands-on experience with assay development, automation, and workflow optimization; ability to design reproducible, scalable lab processes.
- Strong understanding of solubility/stability and other attributes for early developability assessment.
- Familiarity with analytical/biophysical/in vitro techniques; consistent, traceable data for predictive modeling/AI/ML.
- Desirable: experience with automated data capture, instrumentation integration, assay miniaturization, and novel modality enabling technologies.
Benefits (if applicable): Paid time off; medical/dental/vision; 401(k). Eligible for short-term incentive programs.
- Develop and implement automated, data-enabled workflows to accelerate decision-making and improve throughput in early development sciences.
- Profile physicochemical properties; screen and develop preclinical formulations.
- Advance platform workflows for emerging modalities (including small molecules, PROTACs, and peptides).
- Use chemical automation, assay development, and integrated workflow design to generate and interpret physicochemical data informing developability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with discovery and development sciences teams to build and optimize integrated capabilities supporting faster, data-driven pipeline progression.
- Support developability assessment: identify higher-probability molecules for clinical development and commercialization.
- Conduct formulation work including enabling formulations, addressing in vivo absorption challenges, and aligning strategies with program target product profiles.
Qualifications:
- B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in pharmaceutical or related fields (Senior Scientist I: 10+ yrs BS, 8+ yrs MS, 0–3 yrs PhD experience).
- Familiarity with physicochemical property assessment for CMC developability and risk mitigation.
- Hands-on experience with assay development, automation, and workflow optimization; ability to design reproducible, scalable lab processes.
- Strong understanding of solubility/stability and other attributes for early developability assessment.
- Familiarity with analytical/biophysical/in vitro techniques; consistent, traceable data for predictive modeling/AI/ML.
- Desirable: experience with automated data capture, instrumentation integration, assay miniaturization, and novel modality enabling technologies.
Benefits (if applicable): Paid time off; medical/dental/vision; 401(k). Eligible for short-term incentive programs.