Scientist II, QC

Position Summary:

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• 100% on-site

The Morrisville (MSV) facility is Catalent’s center of excellence for nasal product development and manufacturing, providing end‑to‑end services from early formulation through clinical and commercial production. The site offers comprehensive nasal development capabilities, including analytical support, device selection, spray characterization, and both clinical and commercial scale for unit‑dose, bi‑dose, and multidose nasal products. The Morrisville site also provides development services for dry powder (DPI) and liquid pulmonary products including formulation development and optimization, method services and analytical testing.   

The Scientist II, Quality Control - Nasal Drug Products is an advanced independent contributor responsible for execution, oversight, and technical problem-solving related to cGMP QC testing of nasal drug products, including raw materials, in-process materials, stability samples, and finished drug products.

The Role:

• Independently execute and lead routine to moderately complex cGMP QC testing for nasal drug products in accordance with approved test methods, SOPs, and regulatory expectations
• Perform and interpret analytical testing relevant to inhalation and nasal dosage forms, which may include physicochemical testing (e.g., pH, osmolality, viscosity), compendial testing, assay/impurity methods, and other product-specific analyses (e.g. spray testing), as applicable
• Serve as a technical resource for inhalation and nasal product testing, including troubleshooting assay performance, investigating atypical results, and proposing scientifically sound corrective actions
• Lead or support OOS, OOT, deviation, and investigation activities, including data evaluation, root cause analysis contributions, and technical documentation
• Author and support-controlled QC documents, including test methods, validation/transfer documentation, protocols, reports and investigation technical sections
• Other duties as assigned 

The Candidate:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline with minimum of 6 years’ experience OR Master’s Degree in a scientific discipline with minimum 4 years’ experience in a GMP laboratory environment is required
• Demonstrated experience with nasal drug products, inhalation products, or combination products is strongly preferred
• Strong working knowledge of GMP, GDP, data integrity principles, and regulatory expectations for QC laboratories is required
• Ability to evaluate trends, interpret complex datasets, and support scientifically defensible decisions is required
• Strong technical writing skills for QC documentation, investigations, methods, and validation deliverables is required

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process 
• Diverse, inclusive culture 
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives 
• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays
• Generous 401K match 
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement - Let us help you finish your degree or start a new degree!

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. 

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