Intern, Pharma R&D

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Your Role at Baxter

Baxter offers a robust summer internship program based in the Chicagoland area that provides meaningful work assignments that immerse students in Baxter's culture. The internship program is designed to provide practical work experience with the ability to make a business impact, highlighting what an individual would do in a similar full-time role. You'll be paired with a mentor, receive support from your manager, and have access to the entire Baxter employee community to ensure your success.

This summer internship is within the research and development (R&D) team within the Baxter Pharmaceuticals business segment. This team works to identify a robust pipeline of new drug, device, and combination products that meet patient unmet needs and bring value to our customers. Project scope can be very broad, but will support design or remediation of pharmaceutical solutions, delivery devices, and/or container closure systems to help grow and sustain our portfolio of injectable products. Interns will be assigned to specific tasks in support of new product development activities or on-market support of existing products. Responsibilities typically involve a combination of literature research, laboratory work, and data analysis. The intern will be responsible for their individual project but will work in collaboration with Baxter team members internal and external to the R&D function.

The intern will work with the assigned mentor and manager throughout the summer, culminating in a written project summary and final presentation at the end of the internship.

This internship requires the candidate to be local to theRound Lake, IL office -25212 IL-120, Round Lake, IL 60073

Responsibilities:

• Conduct technology evaluations and investigate the feasibility of potential opportunities for the Baxter Pharmaceuticals business.

• Work under the direction and with the guidance of Baxter engineers and scientists.

• Perform literature research and laboratory prototyping and testing.

• Communicate ideas and findings to the Pharma R&D organization

Overview of Pharmaceutical Internship Functional Area Projects Available:

• The Pharma R&D intern will be responsible for understanding, unlocking, and experimenting with new instruments for the determination of Molecular Weight and other parameters. Complex intravenous formulations will be studied, with a broad range of molecular species to be characterized.The effects of various conditions (formulation pH, thermal treatment, excipients) on the data will also be investigated. Will play a supporting role in two simultaneous feasibility efforts which will culminate in the Entry to Development stagegate.

• The Process Development R&D intern will update manufacturing documents based on filter validation reports, attend R&D batches and support other team members in R&D projects on an as needed basis.

Requirements:

Baxter is targeting students with proven academic performance and leadership potential. Ideal candidates will combine technical and business knowledge with analytical strength and creative problem-solving abilities.

• Rising Junior or Senior pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Physics

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated leadership qualities and problem-solving skills

• Positive attitude, team-oriented, adaptive to change, and collaborative

• Actively involved in campus or community activities and organizations, preferably in leadership roles

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, ordiscontinueas business needschange.

Weunderstandcompensation isan important factoras you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed toequitablepay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a pay rate of $26.00 an hour.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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