**Description** Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our Material and Analytical Sciences department located at our Ridgefield, CT facility. As an Intern, you will expand your scientific skills, gain experience using state-of-the-art equipment and gain insight on the drug development process. As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees. **Duties & Responsibilities** + Using modeling software and programing skills to simulate drug substance and drug product behaviors in dissolution experiments. + Establish an in-silico model to predict the in-vitro dissolution of injectable extended-release formulations, e.g. implants. + Validation of the model with internal datasets. + Plan to conduct laboratory work and document technical data with experimental results. + Presentation of results to project teams and to the management **Requirements** + Must be a graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing + Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship + Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred + Major or minor in related field of internship + Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university + Graduate and Advanced Degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university **Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities** : + Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Material Sciences & Engineering, etc. + Familiar with polymer chemistry, formulation development. + Hands on experience of dissolution methods, like United States Pharmacopeia apparatus. + Working experience with modeling software and programing language (Python, MATLAB). + Written and oral communication skills with publication and presentation records. + Strong collaboration, organization, and project management skills. **Compensation Data** This position offers an hourly rate of $20.00 - $33.00 USD/hr. commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled. For an overview of our benefits please click here (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/us/careers/benefits-rewards) . **Eligibility Requirements** • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. • Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required) • Must be 18 years of age or older All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.