Job Description

　　Position Description:

　　The Bioprocess Drug Substance and Commercialization (BDSC) group within our Manufacturing Division focuses on late-stage process development, technology transfer, and in-line support of vaccine products. We seek a motivated scientist/engineer to work under technical direction of a group leader to support development and licensure of novel vaccine candidates and in-line products. In this role, you will be responsible for:

　　Primary Responsibilities

　　Executing process development in large molecule downstream processing including lab-scale process development and optimization, in-process assay support, and process scale-up/scale-down model development.Leading the hands-on execution of lab-scale experiments and authoring associated technical reports and documents.Collaborating with commercial manufacturing teams to support facility start-up activities and provide on-the-floor support for drug substance manufacturing.Leading assignment execution against accelerated, critical-path timelines in a right-first-time manner.Authoring and/or reviewing technical documents to support Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) and licensure.Participate in and drive organizational excellence practices such as technical standards, process platforms, operational procedures

　　Position Qualifications:

　　Education Minimum Requirement:

　　Bachelor's Degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or comparable discipline with 3+ years of experience.

　　Required Experience and Skills:

　　Relevant academic, internship, co-op, or professional experience in a laboratory setting.Excellent oral and written communication skills.Hands-on expertise with downstream unit operations (i.e. membrane filtration, chromatography, etc.) and process development for large moleculesAbility to understand and execute experiments independently in fulfillment of assigned program objectives in a manner that meets quality and timeline expectationsWell-developed organizational, record-keeping, and problem solving skills, with an attention to detail

　　Preferred Experience and Skills:

　　Experience within or collaboration with analytical teams, pilot-scale, and/or manufacturing environment.Large molecule drug substance process development, scaling (up and down) and technology transferCurrent Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) awareness or experience.Experience authoring technical documentation in support of the following: process performance qualification, risk assessment, control strategy, process comparability reports, and/or regulatory submissions.Communication of scientific information through oral presentations and written documents

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　　Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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　　Employee Status:

　　Regular

　　Relocation:

　　No relocation

　　VISA Sponsorship:

　　No

　　Travel Requirements:

　　10%

　　Flexible Work Arrangements:

　　Hybrid

　　Shift:

　　1st - Day

　　Valid Driving License:

　　No

　　Hazardous Material(s):

　　basic lab chemicals and waste

　　Requisition ID:R271409