Co-Op: Stability Scientist

Hi. We’re Haleon. A world-leading consumer healthcare company with exceptional category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Centrum, Panadol, Otrivin. We have a clear purpose: to deliver better everyday health with humanity. For billions of people around the globe.

A career in Stability where none of us stand still.

Haleon R&D supports the innovation and development of leading global brands in Consumer Healthcare. Stability Sciences is a specialized discipline that contributes to the growth of the Consumer Health Business by understanding the impact of environmental factors on the quality of products, supporting the development of new fit-for-purpose processes, and establishing shelf-life and storage conditions for products. R&D Stability is responsible for developing stability strategies, designing, and executing stability studies, evaluating data, and issuing technical stability reports.

In this role, you can participate and own key aspects of the stability field and will collaborate with stability colleagues and other R&D scientists to build technical knowledge in product development and data analysis. You will gain training and experience in analytical techniques, understanding of chemical degradation pathways and use of statistical modeling software and techniques.

Experience in product stability provides a strong foundation for a career in stability and product development as it brings together experts from development and manufacturing, product chemistry, stability, analytical and microbial testing.  In this role you will learn how to define the best study to understand the science behind our products and accurately set product storage conditions and expiry periods.

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?

• Participate in study design and data evaluation supporting development and commercialization of consumer products
• Perform data gathering, consolidation, trending, and statistical analysis using statistical software to support potential assignment of product expiry.
• Engage with product development and product testing SMEs to support technical discussion and data gathering for the proposed stability studies.
• Support stability study initiations directly related to the project activities. Give presentations on data, results and conclusions.

We’re the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:

• Creative and problem-solving thinking

• Strategic/big-picture thinking
• Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
• Strong prioritisation and analytical skills
• Personal accountability
• Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
• Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
• A desire to learn and have meaningful impact
• Experience in using laboratory equipment (preferred)
• Experience in compiling data and performing data trending
• Ability to apply scientific principles and techniques to make observations and data correlations.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Proficiency in statistical analysis (JMP, Statistica etc preferred)

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:

Education required:

• Pursuing a BS degree in Chemistry, Data Science or STEM field
• Currently enrolled in an Undergraduate program graduating in 2026 or 2027

Other requirements:

• Candidates must be eligible to work on a full-time basis during the internship (40 hours/week), duration of 1-year.
• A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater is preferred.
• Must be eligible to work in the US at the time of, and for the duration of employment. Employees will be required to furnish evidence of US work authorization.  Applicant must not require future sponsorship for an employment visa status. 

Expected start date: January 2026

Expected Hourly Rate: $24.50/hour

We invite you to apply as soon as possible. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity. And we are joined by new talent, every day. We accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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