Experienced Scientist, Upstream Development

Johnson & Johnson • Malvern, PA

37d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Johnson & Johnson,â we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aâ world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,â where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andâ solutions are personal.â Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.â Learn more at https://www.jnj.com About Innovative Medicine Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine R&D is recruiting for an Experienced Scientist, Upstream Development. This position is a hybrid role and will be located in Malvern, PA. The Experienced Scientist, Upstream Development will contribute to upstream process development within the therapeutic protein process development group. This individual will be responsible for performing upstream process development studies.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry or a related discipline field is required. Master's degree in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry or related discipline is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience with a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree (0-2 years of relevant industry experience) is required.
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience performing large molecule drug substance (API) upstream manufacturing process development is required.
• Experience in maintaining written records of work in the form of laboratory notebooks (paper or electronic) is required.
• Experience with team-based collaborations and direct management of daily laboratory responsibilities is required.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be highly organized with acute attention to details.
• The ability to manage/ pursue multiple projects with some supervision is required.
• The ability to report data, present findings to management is required
• This position will require occasional weekend work.

Nice To Haves

• Analytical Reasoning
• Biochemistry
• Chemistry
• Manufacturing, and Control (CMC)
• Coaching
• Collaborating
• Conducting Experiments
• Data Quality
• Drug Discovery Development
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Patent Applications
• Pharmacogenetics
• Report Writing
• Research Documents
• Scientific Research
• Technologically Savvy
• Written Expression

Responsibilities

• Participate in design of experiments.
• Perform routine upstream laboratory operations to support execution of mammalian bioprocess experiments.
• Record and analyze data.
• Participate in scientific investigations and trouble-shoot process issues that arise during development, technology transfer, or scale-up.
• Participate in control strategy development.
• Participate in tech transfer, facility fit, and process scale up/ scale down.
• Author technical reports and contribute to regulatory filings
• Work effectively in a team environment as well as contributing individually to meet project objectives and timelines.
• Other duties will be assigned, as necessary.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees