Senior R&D Scientist – Novel Biologics Delivery

Lonza • Bend, OR

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior R&D Scientist, Novel Biologics Delivery will join our Research & Development team in Bend, Oregon to lead the conceptualization, development, and experimental validation of innovative drug delivery platforms for proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids. This role bridges early-stage discovery and clinical translation.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences, biochemistry, biophysics, chemical engineering, bioengineering, or a related discipline
• 3–5 years of relevant industry experience
• Strong understanding of biologic developability, including protein stability, aggregation, degradation, interfacial behavior, and formulation–biologic interactions, DMPK and basic pharmacology
• Hands-on experience designing and interpreting formulation screening, stress, and stability studies for biologic drug products
• Expertise applying analytical characterization methods to connect molecular attributes with formulation performance and development decisions
• Working knowledge of injectable drug product development and sterile processing fundamentals
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional R&D teams

Responsibilities

• Translate analytical, developability, and mechanistic insights into innovative formulation and drug delivery platforms for injectable biologics, including mAbs, ADCs, and emerging modalities.
• Apply translational science to design and assess novel drug delivery strategies.
• Apply protein stability, aggregation, and interfacial behavior principles to guide formulation design for complex biologics.
• Design, execute, and interpret advanced characterization and stability studies to guide development decisions.
• Incorporate injectability, local tissue interactions, biological fate, and translational performance into formulation design for injectable biologics.
• Develop and apply in vitro and ex vivo performance models to evaluate novel injectable formulation and delivery concepts.
• Partner with cross-functional R&D teams to integrate analytical, formulation, process, and delivery perspectives into differentiated biologic drug product strategies.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.
• An agile career and dynamic working culture.
• An inclusive and ethical workplace.
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree