Associate Scientist - Cellular Assay Development, Functional Genomics
About The Position
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. 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. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Associate Scientist - Cellular Assay Development, Functional Genomics What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be part of a dynamic, cross-functional team to advance target and biological discovery across Amgen’s therapeutic areas.
Requirements
- Master’s degree and 1 year of scientific/drug discovery experience and track record of scientific excellence and productivity OR Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of scientific/drug discovery experience and track record of scientific excellence and productivity
Nice To Haves
- M.S. degree in cell biology, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, or related discipline, or B.S. degree with commensurate scientific/drug discovery experience and track record of scientific excellence and productivity
- Proficiency with mammalian cell culture, including immortalized and primary lines required; experience with iPSC culture preferred
- Experience with gene editing/delivery techniques, i.e. CRISPR/Cas9, lentiviral transduction, and transient transfection
- Experience with cellular assay optimization and miniaturization; familiarity working with plate-based assays and associated equipment/automation
- Strong hands-on experience with functional assays, particularly high-content imaging
- Familiarity with high-throughput sreening metrics (e.g. Z’, S/B, MSMR)
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate disease biology into experimental models
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to drive cross-site collaboration in a matrixed research environment
Responsibilities
- Support the execution of functional arrayed genomic screens in advanced in vitro models in collaboration with therapeutic area partners.
- Carry out mammalian cell culture, transfection, transduction, and functional assays to enable functional, arrayed genomic screens; experience with iPSC culture and differentiation preferred.
- Optimize and miniaturize cell-based assays for high-throughput automated screening.
- Leverage functional assays, particularly high-content imaging, to profile cellular phenotypes and states.
- Partner with TD&B and cross-functional team members, including automation colleagues, to accelerate model deployment and reproducibility.
- Collaborate with Amgen therapeutic area scientists to define requirements, ensure biological relevance, and deliver systems that enable mechanistic and translational insights.
- Foster a collaborative, creative, and scientifically rigorous team culture committed to delivering impact across Amgen’s pipeline.
Benefits
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans
- Flexible work models where possible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
