Biological Formulation Technologist

Corteva™ Agriscience™ has the responsibility to develop new active ingredients and new formulated products that are competitive with the current and future market conditions. The individual in the Biological Formulation Technologist position will support the creation and development novel formulations and delivery systems for new and existing Corteva active ingredients in our Biological Business. The types of actives we work with include microbes, nucleotides, virus, proteins, enzymes, extracts and naturally sourced molecules. The individual will collaborate with other functions in Corteva R&D to explore, test in proof of concept, and reduce to practice novel delivery concepts, and advance successful technologies and product concepts through stage-gate pipeline to business case and commercialization.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support senior members in the exploration, proof of concept, characterization and development of novel formulations, production processes and delivery system technologies and concepts for new and registered active ingredients.

• Collaboration with other functions across the company to deliver maximum success, such as analytical R&D, process development, application technology, biology, agronomy, regulatory, operations and commercial teams.

• Maintenance of good laboratory documentation report writing.

• Compliance with laboratory safety procedures

Other responsibilities include:

• Under guidance of senior colleagues, develops hypotheses, plans and executes effective experiments, generates reproducible data, interprets results, and modifies hypotheses appropriately.

• Supports the investigation of product quality concerns / issues and troubleshooting of product quality issues at plant level, conducts rework evaluations and provides recommendations to the plant.

• Consistently applies sound scientific methods to solve technical problems.

• Qualifies new active ingredient and raw material sources, characterizes materials, and supports shelf-life date extensions for existing products.

• Intellectual property (IP) capture and research report writing and presentations.

Required Qualifications

• Basic understanding of microbiology and chemistry.

• Ability to work independently and drive projects to completion.

• Ability to successfully partner with team members and stakeholders from multiple backgrounds.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated competence in the area of formulation technology or engineering.

• Knowledge or experience working with biological actives and developing biological actives.

• Working knowledge of formulation design & development and product registration process.

• Experience working with fermentation and recovery technology for biological actives.

• Experience working with HTP technology and digital tools.

• Computer programming and automation experience

Education

• BS or AA in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Biology, Food Science, Microbiology, Plant Pathology or related fields or relevant experience.