Moderna Research Associate / Engineer I – CMC Development Rotation Program 2026 | Norwood, Massachusetts, USA

Moderna’s CMC Development organisation in Norwood, Massachusetts is hiring Research Associate / Engineer I participants for its CMC Development Rotation Program, starting 19 July 2027. Basic qualifications include a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field.

Job Details

Company: Moderna

Position: Research Associate / Engineer I (CMC Development Rotation Program)

Location: Norwood, MA (not remote)

Employment Type: Full-time, site-based early-career program

Start Date: 19 July 2027

Program Structure: Three 6-month rotations across CMC Development

Job Description

Moderna’s CMC Development organisation (Norwood, Massachusetts) is hiring Research Associate / Engineer I participants for its CMC Development Rotation Program, with a start date of 19 July 2027. This is a full-time, site-based early-career program: three 6-month rotations across CMC Development while teams build manufacturing platforms for mRNA therapeutics and vaccines destined for clinical trials and commercial licensure.

Participants apply their education and learn technical skills in mRNA synthesis, lipid nanoparticle assembly and drug-product formulation, and complete an operational rotation to understand how CMC Development enables manufacture of mRNA medicines.

Key Responsibilities

  • Generating experimental results and formal reports
  • Process scale-up and tech-transfer support at internal and external manufacturing sites
  • Planning, design and execution of experiments and risk assessments for critical process parameters
  • Optimising formulation/processing effects on mRNA stability
  • Reviewing literature and collaborating with research and manufacturing groups
  • Building scaled-down and high-throughput setups
  • Characterising mRNA and LNPs with analytical partners
  • Presenting in cross-functional meetings

Eligibility Criteria

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related
  • Freshers eligible as new graduates entering the rotation

Required Skills

  • Strong fundamental scientific and engineering skills for the evaluation of experimental data
  • Laboratory skills applicable to bioprocess development and analytical methods

Additional Information

For this role, we are currently unable to offer immigration sponsorship. Candidates must already hold work authorization in US and be able to maintain that status without the need for future sponsorship.

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