Scientist – In Vivo Pharmacology

Amgen • South San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

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. Scientist – In Vivo Pharmacology – Cardiometabolic Disorders What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will work onsite at Amgen’s South San Francisco campus as part of a collaborative in vivo research team advancing discovery biology and the therapeutic development of the next generation of cardiovascular medicines. You will contribute to studies that deepen our understanding of cardiovascular disease and help push the boundaries of cardiovascular science in support of innovative drug discovery.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of In Vivo Pharmacology experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of In Vivo Pharmacology experience

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience on in vivo rodent studies in an academic or industry setting.
• Proficiency in mouse techniques such as dosing, blood collection, and health monitoring.
• Demonstrated skill in necropsy and in the collection, dissection, and preservation of tissues for histologic and other downstream analyses.
• Familiarity with histology workflows, including tissue fixation, processing, embedding, cryosectioning, microtomy, FFPE preparation, slide preparation, and staining methods.
• Ability to manage sectioning workflows and prepare high-quality slides for downstream analysis.
• Familiarity with mouse husbandry and vivarium-based study support.
• Cardiovascular in vivo background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on in vivo work in mice, including dosing, handling, health monitoring, and blood collection.
• Perform necropsies and collect tissues to support downstream workflows.
• Conduct tissue workflow activities, including tissue fixation, trimming, embedding, cry sectioning and/or FFPE sectioning, slide preparation, and sample tracking to ensure high-quality samples are delivered to downstream groups for analysis.
• Maintain tissue and slide quality through proper specimen orientation, labeling, handling, and section QC.
• Partner with scientists to execute study plans, communicate progress, and present data and results to study teams.
• Maintain accurate experimental records and coordinate sample flow from collection through slide preparation and handoff to downstream groups for analysis.
• Participate in dosing and husbandry, including occasional evening or weekend work.

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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees