Job Description
The Future Talent Program features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Global Support Functions Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you! We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded 3D Technologies Coop that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. As part of our global team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.
Summary, Focus and Purpose
Our 3D Technologies enterprise team operates as a business partner for raised challenges and problems to propose ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. Our mission statement is to democratize inventing and make it easy and accessible to anyone at our company. Our core DevOps team collaborates internationally across the globe to deliver solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation, through CAD, 3D printing, and other services.
The 3DT Materials & Process supports our pipeline projects for Quality & Compliance (QC), usually when there are cGMP factors. The propensity for defects is different with 3D printing vs. other manufacturing techniques, and the challenge in understanding, reducing or eliminating, or designing around, is largely burdened onto the end user. The QC team aims to learn and up-knowledge our main DevOps team in these constraints and enhance the portfolio of fabrication techniques to support the pharmaceutical business while maintaining GMP compliance.
In this role, the co-op/intern will be primarily focused on QC support, through efforts such as:
A) Qualifying new equipment
•Qualify new printers or other equipment into service and help outline processing conditions to ensure equipment meets minimum quality controls (e.g. FDM, SLA, injection molding)
•Identify root cause of print failures across a fleet through systematic analysis
•Identify and document equipment failures and part defects to improve or expand our Quality Control checks and Go-NoGo inspections and to help train new automated systems
B) Continuous improvements and R&D
•Identify workflows in lab Dev & Ops and 3D printing production for improvement opportunities
•Execute on research to expand our capabilities, such as 3DP for injection molding, 3DP of tablets/pills, or wetted path components for bioprocessing
C) Material characterization
•Utilize material characterization and imaging equipment (e.g. micro-CT, izod impact, HDT) to improve understanding of defects and improve processes
D) Side gig opportunities
•Participate hands-on post-processing techniques to learn practical tips and tricks for assembly, as well as ensuring high quality parts to go into a pharmaceutical cleanroom
•Manning a table at outreach events as they present themselves, such as Take Your Child to Work Day
•Exposure to and collaboration with different departments and multiple parts of a pharmaceutical processes
This role will be primarily onsite, with an expectation for onsite attendance of 4-5 days per week.
Required Education and Experience
•Candidate must be currently pursuing degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
•Candidate must be currently enrolled in an academic program and returning to university following this co-op assignment to complete credit requirements for graduation
•Candidate must be available for full time employment for a period of 4-6 months in Apr2027 – Sep2027
Preferred Experience and Skills
•Knowledge of some of the following: x-ray computed tomography (XRCT), optical microscopy, hardness testing, and tensile testing
•Hands-on experience with 3D printers (any of: CAD / slicing / printing / fixing printers)
•3D CAD
•Good documentation skills
•This role will most likely be best suited for a 2nd or 3rd coop cycle
Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer, at the discretion of the company.
Salary range: The salary range for this role is $39,908 - $111,111
Required Skills: Assembly Processes, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Clinical Research, Cloud Data Catalog, Conceptualization, Data Analysis, Database Management, Data Science, Data Security, Data Visualization, Data Wrangling, Defects Analysis
Employee Status: Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
Relocation: No relocation
VISA Sponsorship: No
Travel Requirements: No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable
Valid Driving License: No
