Associate Scientist
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Malvern, PA1–3 yrs2h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
The Associate Scientist, Protein Therapeutics API Development – Biologics Therapeutics Development & Supply will perform process development and manufacturing for large molecule cell culture processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Performing cell culture process operations covering vial thaw through bioreactor harvest.
- Record and analyze experimental data, verify data integrity and accuracy, and report/summarize findings to the project team.
- Works closely with project teams and collaborate with support functions to meet or exceed the goals and objectives of Protein Therapeutics API Development – Biologics Therapeutics Development & Supply.
- Give technical expertise to multiple large molecule programs, proficient with documentation, and review of analytical data.
- Maintain equipment logs and assist with the resolution of equipment downtime.
- Follow laboratory safety procedures.
- Periodic weekend work is required.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
- Experience with aseptic technique and cell culture manipulations involving a variety of cell culture vessels (i.e., shake flasks, and wave bioreactors).
- Experience with large scale bioreactors and single use bioreactors, including assembly, preparation, operation, and maintenance.
- Experience with Clean In Place (CIP) and Steam in Place (SIP) procedures.
- Experience with upstream processing of large molecules.
- Experience with the following analytical equipment: ViCell BLU, Metaflex, and OmsoPro.
- Experience maintaining written records of work in the form of electronic laboratory notebooks.
Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Master’s degree is preferred.