The Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH (RCPE) is a global leader in pharmaceutical
engineering sciences. We help our partners create and manufacture advanced medicines for patients worldwide
through optimizing products and processes.

For our HME team in Area 1 Science of Quality, we are looking for an active, highly qualified
(m/f/x)

SCIENTIST

HME Process and Simulation Development
PhD possible
Ref.No SK111



Duties and responsibilities


Work as part of a multidisciplinary team that works on developing a digital-twin for
pharmaceutical Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) 

Plan, run and evaluate HME experiments in order to generate validation data 
Develop a database of HME excipients and extruders needed for process simulations

and process scale-up 
Introduce new physical phenomena as part of our in-house Smoothed Particle

Hydrodynamics (SPH) and 1D HME simulation codes 
Work on hands and industrially relevant research

Requirements


A technical or natural scientific MS degree (Process Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Physics or
similar) 

Knowledge in HME, SPH as well as basic knowledge in programing languages
(Phyton, C++, MATLAB) as an advantage 

Professional conduct and communication skills in dealing with international clients,
partners and colleagues 

Interest and experience in performing top-level and target-oriented research at the
interface of basic science and industrial application

We offer


A multidisciplinary and dynamic research environment and access to highly modern
infrastructure on campus of Graz University of Technology 

Opportunities for career development at the academic and industrial level 
A competitive salary (min. € 41.300,- gross/year, overpayment - depending on

qualification - possible) 
Possibility to work part-time

At RCPE, we place a strong emphasis on promoting diversity and inclusion.
We are also committed to encouraging women to explore opportunities within our
technical environment.
We actively encourage applications from women and, when candidates possess equivalent
qualifications, we give preference while considering all relevant aspects and circumstances
of all applications.

We are looking forward to receiving your application, indicating the ref. no., and
including a cover letter, your CV and a publication record.

Contact
Sandra Sünkel, Head of Human Resources
Inffeldgasse 13 / 8010 Graz, Austria
+43 316 873 30904, sandra.suenkel@rcpe.at