Senior Scientist – Early Bioprocess Research

Senior Scientist – Early Bioprocess Research

Requirements

• PhD in Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Molecular Biology or related scientific field with 3+ years of industry experience, or M.S. with 8+ years of industry experience, or B.S. with 10+ years of industry experience is required.
• In-depth knowledge of protein analytical characterization techniques including BLI, SEC, DLS, HPLC, DSF.
• Practical knowledge of recombinant protein purification using FPLCs is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting ability and multi-tasking capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Independently crafts and drives studies for screening and optimization of preclinical vaccine candidates including expression, purification, characterization, formulation, and stability testing of recombinant proteins.
• Identifies and troubleshoots issues with processes, methods and/or results.
• Designs, develops and implements analytical assays (BLI, SEC-MALS, DLS, DSF, HPLC, UHPLC).
• Documents detailed findings in reports and memos suitable to support regulatory document submission and tech transfer to clinical process development teams.
• Leads and prioritizes activities within a matrix team.
• Communicates experimental findings in written and oral format to project teams.
• Contributes toward maintaining team activity management and organizational tools.
• Makes detailed observations, interprets data and coordinates results and recommendations into reports and presentations for Sr management.
• Maintains complete and accurate laboratory notebooks.
• Collaborates with internal teams and external vendors on development projects.
• Operates and supervises maintenance of lab instruments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with vaccine formulation or vaccine adjuvants is a plus.
• Practical knowledge of microbial or mammalian protein expression is a plus.