Vaxcyte

Vaxcyte

Associate Scientist II (Contract), Research

San Carlos, California, United States · Mid

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago
Molecular BiologyResearchCommunicationCollaboration

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

  • BS in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or a relevant science considered, with minimum of 2 years of relevant industry experience or MS with minimum of 1 year of relevant industry experience.
  • Experience with diverse protein targets, bacterial and eukaryotic recombinant proteins, small/large subunit vaccine antigens, fusion proteins, multimeric complexes, glycoproteins, and VLPs.
  • Familiarity with automation or high throughput workflows such as (96-well plates) and UNICORN/AKTA software DoE integrations.
  • Experience in process development.
  • Applicants must have practical, hands-on experience with multiple chromatographic modalities (not limited to monoclonal antibody/Protein A workflows).
  • Experience should include selection, screening, development, scale-up and characterization of various chromatography techniques.

Nice to have

  • Immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC)
  • Ion-exchange chromatography (IEX)
  • Hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC)
  • Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC)
  • Hydroxyapatite (CHT / HA)
  • Designing chromatography trains to reduce host cell protein, endotoxin and aggregates using complementary modalities.
  • Demonstrated DoE experience for multimodal optimization is a plus.
  • Membrane chromatography for high-throughput contaminant removal or virus/VLP processing and as a scale-friendly polishing/scavenging step.

Company info

  • $51/hr. - $56/hr.
  • We are an equal opportunity employer.
  • 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.
  • Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!

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