Senior Scientist, Vaccine Process Development

Job Description

The Vaccine Process Development (VPD) department in West Point, PA is seeking a highly motivated senior scientist to join their downstream process development team in support of our company's expanding vaccine pipeline. The VPD downstream group develops purification processes for vaccine candidates encompassing a diverse range of biomolecules, including recombinant protein subunits, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, virus-like particles, and polysaccharide-protein conjugates. The successful candidate will be responsible for applying sound scientific understanding and engineering principles to develop, scale-up, and transfer downstream processes for clinical and commercial manufacturing. To support process development, the candidate will be responsible for conceiving, designing, and leading laboratory experiments in a dynamic team environment.

The candidate should be self-motivated, well-organized, with strong problem-solving skills. The individual should also demonstrate well-developed skills for the communication of scientific information in both verbal and written formats. If you are a highly-motivated team player with a strong desire to contribute to vaccine development, we invite you to consider joining our team.

Position Qualifications:

Experience and Skills:

• Downstream process development of vaccine or bioconjugate candidates including process scale-up.

• Hands-on laboratory experience with biochemical reactions and downstream unit operations such as ultrafiltration, normal-flow filtration, homogenization, and chromatography.

• Experience with analytical methods such as HPLC, light scattering, and spectroscopic techniques.

• Communication of scientific information through oral presentations and written documents.

• Familiarity with GxP principles and regulations.

• Well-developed organizational, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BS in Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences or related discipline with at least 6 years industrial experience or hands-on laboratory work in the field of bioprocess development, or

• MS in Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences or related discipline with at least 3 years industrial experience or hands-on laboratory work in the field of bioprocess development, or

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences or related discipline with at least 1 year industrial experience or hands-on laboratory work in the field of bioprocess development.

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

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Requisition ID:R244548