Research Associate

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Assess manufacturing and packaging feasibility, equipment capability, machinery needs, and product-specific technical requirements at production sites.
• Plan and lead laboratory, pilot, and industrial-scale trials for process development, scale-up, and technology transfer.
• Support raw material procurement and qualification through technical trials, evaluations, and validation.
• Design processes to improve quality, robustness, and scalability; reduce cost, energy use, processing time, and operational losses without compromising quality.
• Set critical process parameters and quality requirements for consistent, reproducible product performance.
• Coordinate technology transfer across sites and provide implementation, troubleshooting, and technical support to global manufacturing teams.
• Assess process risks, establish mitigations, and transfer products from R&D through pilot scale into commercial production.
• Support commercial validation and lead troubleshooting during scale-up and commercialization.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, process-transfer documents, trial reports, and quality records.

Experience and qualifications

• B.Tech in chemical engineering.
• One to five years of relevant industry experience is preferred.
• Hands-on exposure to manufacturing technologies in FMCG, pharmaceutical, or dietary supplement industries.
• Familiarity with US FDA requirements and global GMP practices is an advantage.
• Prior exposure to scale-up trials, process development and validation, and technology transfer is preferred.
• Good project coordination and project management capabilities.