Internship / Master Thesis –Process Design and Technology Evaluation

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Job Description

About the Role
Are you eager to gain hands-on experience in a collaborative, international environment and delve into the exciting work in a world-class pharmaceutical company committed to lifelong learning? Do you wish to contribute to our vision of Better Health for People, Brighter Future for the World?

As an intern at Takeda, you will have the opportunity to tackle real-world business challenges, build valuable connections, engage in many events and activities and receive guidance from experienced mentors as you develop your skills and advance your professional career.

Project Outline

• You will be working in our international, friendly Pharm Sci, PDT R&D team(include name) team / department
• You will be assigned to support a workstream of a major project dealing with increased API concentration in drug substance / drug product using different technologies.
• Using your theoretical knowledge of bioprocessing, protein purification, statistics and rheology, you will help to develop, analyze, investigate and also document and create reports on a drug substance production process.
• The planned output of the internship will be a technology evaluation to reach high concentrated protein solutions.
• The earliest start date for the internship will be (April, 2026) with an anticipated length of 6 months

What you bring to Takeda:

• Curiosity and collaboration skills will ensure you effectively support projects and make a valuable impact
• Active enrollment at a university or a university of applied sciences or a recent graduate (within the last 12 months) in life science, biotechnology, material science, engineering, (bio-)physics master’s program
• Using appropriate communication, you will provide updates and reports on your activities, essential for steering your work and integrating into the team
• Must be authorized to work in Austria without the need for additional immigration sponsorship, housing allowance or relocation requirements.
• Preferably skills in downstream processing, statistics and enthusiasm for process optimization
  

What you can learn:

• Learn about the exciting pharma industry and work in an international environment with colleagues from all around the globe
• We value teamwork and diversity at Takeda, so there are many opportunities for sharing ideas and observations in collaborative settings such as meetings, brainstorming sessions or simple one-on-one conversations
• Designing a comparative study across different technologies
• Running and optimizing DSP unit operations
• Advancing a process beyond the current state of the art and shifting the border of what can be done for a particular target
• Additionally, you will gain valuable experience in
• TFF process development (membrane selection, flux/TMP optimization, fouling control, scale-up principles)
• Buffer exchange & diafiltration strategy (yield/recovery tracking, conductivity/pH targets, hold-time considerations)
• Precipitation & resolubilization screening (salt/pH windows, mixing order, filtration/clarification, resolubilization kinetics)
• Experimental planning with statistical methods (DoE) (screening/optimization designs, multivariate analysis, risk-based parameter selection)
• Data analysis, modelling & visualization (Excel/JMP/Minitab and/or Python; mass balance, yield and uncertainty calculations)
• Cross-functional collaboration (process sciences, analytics, QC/QA, manufacturing; technical reporting and presentations)
• Lab safety & good laboratory practices (risk assessments, safe chemical handling, waste streams, aseptic technique basics)

At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. Takeda encourages and supports its employees by trainings, job rotations and mentoring. A balanced work – life ratio (recognition for work and family, company kindergarten) and numerous benefits (fitness center, cafeteria, etc.) complete our profile as a top employer.

We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world. Gender, age, skin color, background or sexual orientation play no role in this as we actively promote diversity. We equally address people with disabilities. In the course of a recruitment process which is as free of barriers as possible, we encourage you to mention all relevant information in this context in your application.

Motivated employees must be remunerated appropriately. The minimum salary for this important and responsible position is €2,010.75 gross per month (full time, collective wage agreement for the chemical industry). The actual remuneration package will be guided by your professional experience and your qualifications, so increased payment is possible.

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