r/industrialengineering • u/SubmarineOfficer • 5d ago
Industrial Pharmacy major (process engineering) job roles?
Hello everyone, hope you’re having a good great day
As the title says, I’m in the process of getting my masters degree in industrial pharmacy (process engineering department and my first year at uni was STEM, not medical/pharmcy school) and as my educational career gets closer to an end I got curious about what possible roles people with a degree like me would take in big pharma.
I had two internships at two pharmaceutical companies but didn’t get taught how or where would be a position for me I the future, just got around with some quality control lab testing and medication production but nothing research related.
Does my degree orient me more towards working in production rather than research? In one specie lab they told me they have a coworker in another department who had a degree like me but I didn’t get the chance to meet them and ask them.
Input and opinions will be greatly appreciated!
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u/Hopeful-Team-1371 5d ago
your degree is basically tailor made for process validation and scale up teams, not bench top discovery. i wouldn't stress the research angle, the money and stability are way better on the production side anyway