Vaxcyte
Scientist II, Upstream Development for Protein Development and Manufacturing
San Carlos, California, United States · Mid
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About the role
- Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
- Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning.
- Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.
Requirements
- PhD with 2-5 years, MS with a minimum of 7 years, or BA/BS with a minimum of 10 years of relevant Pharma/Biotech industry experience in a relevant discipline.
- comfort analyzing and drawing defensible conclusions from large, multivariate process datasets.
- Strong scientific writing skills and a track record of authoring protocols, development reports, or peer-reviewed publications.
- Intellectual curiosity and independence: willingness to question assumptions, pursue explanations for unexpected observations, and learn new techniques outside the current area of expertise.
Nice to have
- high-throughput systems such as Ambr® 250 preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations for process characterization and validation of biotherapeutics.
- Late-stage process characterization experience is a plus.
- Hands-on experience designing and executing laboratory-scale bacterial fermentation studies
Skills
- Investigate unexpected or anomalous results - variability in growth, titer, or quality - through structured, root-cause experimentation.
Compensation
- $146,000 - $171,000
- The compensation package will be competitive and includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component.
Benefits
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Company info
- Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
- WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it!
- Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:
- We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.
- We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.
- Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
- The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
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- Please be aware of fraud or scams from individuals, organizations and/or internet sites claiming to represent Vaxcyte in recruitment activities.
- All legitimate communication from Vaxcyte will come from an official @vaxcyte.com email address.
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