Summer 2025: Intern, Pharmaceutical Development Scientist

Summer 2025: Intern, Pharmaceutical Development Scientist

Position Summary:

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually. 

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Clinical Delivery Services and Biologics Analytical Services businesses. The site provides a range of integrated services for oral solid dosage forms, from formulation development and analytical testing to clinical and commercial-scale manufacture. The Kansas City facility is a Center-of-Excellence for our Biologics Analytical Services business. Our talented team has over 25 years of experience providing analytical services for stand-alone and integrated biologics projects.

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Kansas City, MO is hiring an Intern in Pharmaceutical Development. The Intern in this department is responsible for product innovation, development, process refinement and improvement. This means everything to developing prototype formulation batches to in-process testing and the packaging of prototype stability supplies. What we do is vital to achieve Catalent’s future growth strategy and maintain relevance within the pharmaceutical/biotech market.

This is a full-time hourly position: Monday – Friday, 8am-4:30pm on-site in Kansas City, MO. PLEASE NOTE: candidates must be available to work 40-hours/week from May 26th – August 11th, 2025.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee. 

The Role: 

• Performing physical characterization of excipients and APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients). Conducting in-process testing as necessary
• Assisting with the manufacture of prototype formulation batches
• Packaging prototype stability supplies as necessary
• Maintaining documentation in accordance with good documentation practices and Pharmaceutical cGMP compliance
• Learning the functional use of various Pharmaceutical Lab equipment and instruments
• Ensuring 5S standards are met and maintained; Ensuring that all Catalent safety procedures are followed in adherence with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Establishing clear communication to supervisor about project updates, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

• Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university as an undergraduate student in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Mathematics, Engineering or health sciences related field of study
• Must be eligible to legally work in the United States
• Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) for a 10-12-week period over the summer (Late May to Early August 2025)
• Previous academic lab/project experience preferred
• Must be well-organized and ability to multitask and manage your time efficiently
• Physical requirements: Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds; ability to communicate orally with customers, vendors, and co-workers. Regular use of telephone and email. Hearing, vision, and speaking within normal ranges is essential for normal conversations, to receive ordinary information and to prepare or inspect documents. Good manual dexterity for the use of common office equipment such as computer terminals, calculator, copiers, and fax machines. Good reasoning ability is important. Able to understand and utilize management reports, memos, and other documents to conduct business

Why you should join Catalent:

• Opportunity to make an impact in the lives of patients all over the world
• Experience through hands-on projects that support more superior drug development and delivery technologies than anyone else
• Exposure to top-tier scientists and industry leaders
• Commitment from dedicated managers and mentors who are advocates for your success and career development
• Access to collaborative and highly engaged colleagues across the globe excited to share their knowledge and provide you support
• Diverse, inclusive culture
• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Community engagement and green initiatives

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:

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