AddressHOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?
You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.
Process Development Associate
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What you will do
Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will contribute towards Amgen’s Drug Substance Process Development for late stage clinical and commercial biologics programs, including the development, characterization, and scale-up of upstream and downstream manufacturing processes supporting Ph II/III clinical trials to marketing application. This role is within an integrated organization in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Amgen's rich and dynamic pipeline. With Amgen's biology first approach, the position provides a unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities, from antibodies to oncolytic viruses to bi-specifics.
The Process Development Associate will help design and perform experiments at the bench scale that span the end-to-end Drug Substance process, from cell culture to purification operations. In this role, you will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the Process Development Associate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to technology development and will demonstrate the desire to expand and develop expertise in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group. The Process Development Associate will join a diverse team with varied levels of experience and report to a Process Development Principal Scientist.
Responsibilities:
Contribute within a project team on goals such as improving process yield and adaptability, and scaling-up processes to manufacturing sites
Perform small-scale bioprocess experiments that encompass both upstream (cell culture) and downstream (purification) operations
Cell culture responsibilities may include maintaining cultures in shake flasks, culture bags, and benchtop bioreactors
Purification experiments include, but are not limited to, protein chromatography, filtration, and UF/DF operations
Automation programming for benchtop bioreactors, chromatography systems, and robotic liquid handling systems
Experimental design and data interpretation, demonstrating in-house visualization and analytics tools
Communication of findings through oral presentations and written documentation (technical reports as well as GMP documents to support regulatory filings)
Provide scientific technical support for technology transfer of processes to manufacturing sites
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What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The scientific professional we seek is a collaborative individual with these qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Process Development experience OR
Associate’s degree and 2 years of Process Development experience OR
Bachelor’s degree
AND foundational knowledge of technical principles, theories, and concepts to perform routine work in role
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Biomedical, or related Engineering; Life Sciences; or other relevant sciences
Scheduled to graduate no later than summer 2024
Experience and demonstrated interest in laboratory work, particularly hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture and/or purification operations
Basic understanding of cell culture, protein chromatography, and filtration principles
Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems by applying scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a Process Development environment
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work flexibly in a dynamic and collaborative environment with diverse team members
Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data
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What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.
The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $70,953 - $86,721.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:
Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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