2025 Analytical Research and Development Intern

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

2025 Analytical Research and Development Internship Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

In collaboration, the Analytical R&D and Process Chemistry separation groups are seeking a highly motived intern to drive innovation within separation sciences. Chromatography is the workhorse analytical technique in pharmaceutical sciences and drug development. It supports nearly all functional areas and impacts all pipeline development projects yet chiral method development remains a time-consuming process. The intern will evaluate a machine learning (ML) driven workflow to identify optimal starting conditions from HPLC chiral method development.

Key responsibilities include:

• Evaluating a machine learning model for a wide variety of diverse, pharmaceutically relevant chiral compounds
• Compare the effectiveness of the model to typical full brute force screening in multiple chromatographic modes (RPLC, NPLC, SFC, and Polar Organic)
• Assist in the design and implementation of a workflow to collect additional data to improve ML model performance

This internship will be based in North Chicago, IL.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in analytical chemistry or other related field
• Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship
• Hands on experience in HPLC method development

Preferred Qualifications

• Expected graduation date between December 2025 - July 2026
• Understanding of chromatographic theory
• Exposure to stereochemistry and/or chiral chromatographic separations
• Python programming/modeling experience

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay
• Relocation support for eligible students
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie's policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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