Engineer - Drug Substance Synthetic Molecule Design and Development
Eli Lilly and Company · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Full-time
- $68K–$174K per year
At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters.
Compensation
The anticipated wage for this position is $67,500 - $173,800
Responsibilities
- Generate process design and unit operation knowledge based on engineering principles for small molecules, and other emerging therapeutic modalities.
- Ensure successful scale-up of processes through fundamental engineering principles and equipment knowledge.
- Design and execute laboratory experiments, including manual and automated high- and low-throughput reactors, in support of crystallization process design and optimization.
- Develop drug substance processes and manufacturing technologies, with a focus on defining the physical properties of the API required for the drug product and designing crystallization processes to fulfill physical property and chemical purity requirements.
- Leverage and develop process analytical technology (PAT), continuous processing, mechanistic models, and novel formulation platforms to develop well-understood and robust crystallization processes capable of enhancing or tailoring API physical properties.
Requirements
- Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering
- Master's in Chemical Engineering