Senior Associate Scientist, API Upstream Process Development - Johnson and Johnson
Malvern, PA 19355
About the Job
At Janssen, we never stop working toward a future where disease is a thing of the past. We're the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, and you can count on us to keep working tirelessly to make that future a reality for patients everywhere, by fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart. We focus on areas of medicine where we can make the biggest difference: Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Immunology, Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, Neuroscience, Oncology, and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Visit us: www.janssen.com
The successful candidate for this position will join the upstream process development team within the therapeutic protein process development group in Malvern, PA. The candidate will be responsible to perform upstream process development studies including:
- Participate in design of experiments
- Perform study execution
- Participate in control strategy development
- Participate in tech transfer, facility fit, and process scale up/ scale down
- Record and analyze data
- Author technical reports
- Participate in scientific investigations and trouble-shoot process issues that arise during development, technology transfer, or scale-up
- Collaborate on regulatory filings
The candidate is expected to work effectively in a team environment and well as contributing individually to meet project objectives and timelines. Other duties will be assigned, as necessary. Education:
- A Master's in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry or related field with 4 years of relevant experience OR bachelor's with 8 years of experience performing progressively advanced duties is required
- Knowledge of and hands-on experience performing large molecule drug substance (API) upstream manufacturing process development is required
- Highly organized and capable of managing/ pursuing multiple projects with some supervision is required
- Good written and verbal communication skills are required
- Experience maintaining written records of work in the form of laboratory notebooks (paper or electronic) is required
- The ability to report data, present findings to management is required
- Experience with team-based collaborations and direct management of staff is required
- Occasional weekend work may be required
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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