Process Development Senior Associate
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. 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.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or (foreign equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry or a related field & completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, thesis, or one year of experience in the following:
- Analytical chemistry experience for small molecules, and completion of project deliverables including: designing and conducting targeted metabolomics experiments, extracting and analyzing results via dedicated software: ChemStation, MassHunter, or MassAnalyzer
- Analytical method development (chromatography and mass spectrometry), related technologies and instrumentation including: U/HPLC, GC, or LC-MS
- Method qualification and transfer for analytical instruments, along with data analysis and statistical evaluation of experimental results
- Application analytical instrument troubleshooting across different platforms: Waters, Agilent, or Sciex, and problem solving of such technologies
- Implementing Standard Operating Procedures in a laboratory environment in accordance with GLP standards
- Maintaining a laboratory notebook
Responsibilities
- Conduct experiments, analyze results, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and product quality
- Design, develop, and optimize manufacturing processes
- Collaborate closely with a team of analysts and scientists
- Responsible for the technical aspects of developing analytical tools to gain understanding of quality attributes in product and process for late phase synthetic small molecule, synthetic peptide, and siRNA programs
- Utilize platform and in-depth product attribute knowledge to advance Amgen products and ensure success through pivotal clinical phases to marketing authorization application
- Develop, optimize, and execute analytical methods for synthetic small molecules, synthetic peptide, and SiRNA release testing and process characterization
- Collaborate closely with drug substance process development team to achieve project objectives and provide analytical data to support drug substance product development
Benefits
- stock
- retirement
- medical
- life and disability insurance
- eligibility for an annual bonus
- health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents
- financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals
- work/life balance
- career development opportunities
- Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
- group medical, dental and vision coverage
- flexible spending accounts
- discretionary annual bonus program
- sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
