Amgen Inc
Process Development Associate Scientist
US - California - Thousand Oaks
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About the role
- Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients
- At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are.
- Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases.
Responsibilities
- These activities will support product and process characterization and regulatory submissions.
- The associate will characterize higher-order structure (HOS) and aggregation-related attributes of biologics in support of product characterization, comparability and similarity studies, technology development, and non-routine investigations.
- In this vital role you will perform sample preparation, analytical testing, method development, and characterization using biophysical and spectroscopic techniques, including but not limited to Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) for thermal stability analysis.
- Additional responsibilities will include sample preparation, complex data analysis and interpretation, trouble shooting, generation of technical reports and presentations, and development of acceptance criteria to support process development and comparability/similarity studies.
- As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Associate's degree and 2 years of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Physics, or related experience
- High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Physics, or related experience
- Experience with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for protein analysis is desired.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with HPLC systems for the separation and characterization of proteins.
- Strong technical communication skills, including preparation of technical reports, scientific presentations, and documentation supporting regulatory activities.
- Award-winning time-off plans
- What you can expect of us
- careers.amgen.com
Compensation
- 74,503.35USD -100,798.65 USD
Company info
- Career Category Operations Job Description Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are.
- If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team.
- What we expect of you We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
- We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity employer.
- Please contact us to request accommodation.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
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