Job Title : Assoc Scientist Bioscience
Location : Gaithersburg, MD, 20878 **Onsite**
Duration : 6 to 7 months Contract-possible to extend
Shift Details : Shift 1st- Hours/Shift
Job Description:Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Duties
The position resides in the Purification Process Sciences group (PPS) within the Bioprocess Development R&D (BPD) department. Members of the PPS function work closely with other development functions and manufacturing sciences to develop and transfer clinical and commercial purification processes. Position may require weekend work and/or periodic late-nights. Main duties are as follows:
- Design, development, and optimization of downstream processes for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals in early and late stage development.
- Evaluation and development of new technologies to facilitate process development and increase purification process efficiency.
- Performing purifications for complex biopharmaceutical drugs such as antibodies, Multispecific antibodies, fusion proteins, pDNA, and viruses
- Performing studies to develop scalable purification processes and assist is tech transfer activities
- Solving challenging protein purification problems
- Coordinating closely with the research department, cell culture group, and analytical biotechnology group in order to meet project timelines and company goals
- Conducting pilot scale purifications in support of process development activities and support development studies
- Maintain accurate records of data and actively participate in laboratory organization
- Professionally deliver results to internal and external audiences
- Supervision: Should be able to function with limited supervision and is expected to work independently on a day-to-day basis. Expectation for independence will increase with time and experience in the position.
Relevant Education & Experience Requirements
BS/BA or MS/MA biology, biochemistry, chemical/biochemical engineering, or related field
Research Associate I: BS 0+ years experience
Research Associate II: BS 2+ years experience, MS 0+ years experience
Required Skills
- Highly team-oriented, energetic, critical thinker, organized, capable of multitasking with excellent oral and written skills
- Knowledge of
- Basic Protein Chemistry
- Protein Chromatography
- Basic Analytical Techniques (HPLC and SDS-PAGE Analyses)
- Data analysis, Statistics, and DOE techniques and software
Desired Skills
- Experience performing protein chromatography using AKTA/AKTA software
- Experience performing analytical testing and HPLC analysis
- Purification Process Design for protein therapeutics
- Troubleshoot and collaboratively resolve complex problems under tight time constraints
Top Three HM Is Looking For
Protein purification
Chemical engineer, microbiologist, biochemistry, experience in a lab etc. if direct from college.
Experience with the equipment used would be preferred but not necessary.
Interviewing: Virtual or in person