Process Development Associate Scientist

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

1d • $90,443 - $122,363

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.

Process Development Associate Scientist
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. As a Process Development Associate Scientist, you will play an integral part in Amgen’s Late-Stage Synthetics and Commercial Drug Product team within the Drug Product Technologies department. Your responsibilities will center around gaining practical experience and offering hands-on expertise in formulation and process development for Amgen’s synthetics pipeline. The core activities of this group involve developing clinical, robust commercial formulations and life cycle management initiatives for a wide array of Amgen’s synthetic assets.
This position provides the unique opportunity to collaborate with skilled scientists and contribute to the advancement and launch of innovative synthetic drug products across a variety of oral or parenteral dosage forms. Through your work, you will support both the development and commercialization phases, ensuring that Amgen continues to deliver cutting-edge solutions for patients worldwide.

Requirements

• Master’s degree and 1 years of scientific experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of scientific experience

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical or Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chemistry, or a life sciences-related field, with relevant industry experience.
• Understanding of the typical unit operations for the manufacture of oral solid dosage forms (i.e., granulation, roller compaction, drying, milling, blending, compression, film coating, etc.).
• Basic understanding of the physical and chemical stability of synthetic molecules, enabling formulations, amorphous solid dispersions, and how manufacturing processes, including spray drying, HME, roller compaction, and compression, impact product quality.
• Ability to design, execute, and interpret experimental results.
• Strong problem-solving skills applied to the formulation and characterization of parenteral and oral synthetic molecules.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting scientific results in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Proven ability to work effectively in collaborative, team-based settings.
• A proactive, curious, and innovative mindset, with enthusiasm for applying digital solutions to scientific challenges

Responsibilities

• Hands-on experience in spray-drying formulation and process development, including experimental design, process optimization, data analysis, and characterization of spray-dried materials.
• Understanding of spray-drying process scale-up from laboratory to manufacturing scale, including equipment considerations, technology transfer, process troubleshooting, and identification of critical process parameters and quality attributes.
• Interface within the Drug Product Technologies Department as a team member to support programs and initiatives.
• Contribute to the completion of experimental design and execution and assist in the analysis and interpretation of data.
• Utilize digital tools and emerging AI-enabled solutions to improve experimental efficiency, data analysis, and scientific insight generation.
• Contribute to technical problem-solving efforts and identify opportunities for automation and digital solutions to improve efficiency and reduce repetitive manual tasks.
• Actively contribute to process improvements, strategy development, and cross-functional partnerships that promote consistent and efficient practices across late-stage clinical and commercial synthetic programs.
• Organize and communicate information within the team to help lead to the best possible formulation and processes.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level