Associate Scientist II

Emergent Biosolutions

United States, Maryland, Gaithersburg

May 18, 2023

We go where others won't, taking on some of the biggest public health challenges to protect and enhance millions of lives, and create a better, more secure world.Here, you will join passionate professionals who advance their scientific, technical and professional skills to develop products designed-to protect and enhance life.

JOB SUMMARY

The Associate Scientist will be a member of Drug Substance Development department within Development Services involved in the development, optimization and tech transfer of Downstream purification processes for recombinant protein, mAb and virus-based vaccines.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities will include:

Contribute to the development of scalable downstream processes to purify recombinant proteins and recombinant viruses.
Assist in the technology transfer of developed processes to manufacturing sites.
Trouble-shoot and maintain purification and tangential flow filtration systems.
Prepare Operational and Maintenance Equipment SOPs and Development Batch Records.
Development of centrifugation and filtration techniques for the recovery of proteins / virus / mAb
Summarize and analyze experiment results

Additional responsibilities will be:

Assist with lab organization and maintenance
Actively participate in 6S activities
Maintain a laboratory notebook and other relevant documentation

The above statements are intended to describe the nature of work performed by those in this job and are not an exhaustive list of all duties. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time which reflects management's assignment of essential functions.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

BS or MS with degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biochemical engineering or related discipline with 2-3 years of related experience.
Fundamental knowledge of protein purification techniques (Chromatography, tangential flow filtration).
Hands on experience with AKTA chromatography equipment (Avant and Pilot) and tangential flow filtration systems desired but not essential.
Ability to design, implement and interpret experiments.

Per CDC guidelines, Emergent strongly recommends that all employees working on site are vaccinated to help ensure their safety, as well as the safety of fellow employees. This includes the use of good judgment when determining when the CDC guidelines advise that you stay home when ill.

There are physical/mental demands and work environment characteristics that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. This information is available upon request from the candidate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all essential functions.

Emergent BioSolutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and values the diversity of our workforce. Emergent does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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