Associate Scientist - Purification Process Development

Dawar Consulting; Oceanside (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Paid Sick leave

401K

Job summary

Dawar Consulting seeks an Associate Scientist, Purification Process Development, to join our Oceanside, CA project team. The role focuses on hands-on laboratory work, purification process development, characterization, scale-up, and technology transfer for biologics under GMP conditions.

The candidate will design and execute purification studies, analyze data, and collaborate with internal and external partners to support pivotal and commercial development programs.

Qualifications

• MS+2 years or BS+4 years of relevant experience in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, or related discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with biologics purification process development.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute purification process development and characterization studies.
• Perform laboratory-scale purification experiments and analyze experimental data.
• Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and implementation at GMP facilities.
• Develop and document experimental protocols, reports, and electronic laboratory records.
• Provide technical support for manufacturing investigations and atypical events.
• Support purification platform development and evaluation of new technologies.
• Mentor junior team members on purification strategies, experimental design, and process transfer.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Process Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and external partners.
• Maintain laboratory operations, equipment, compliance, safety, and data integrity standards.

Skills

Purification process development

AKTA/UNICORN

Chromatography

TFF

NFF

DoE

Statistics

Data analysis

Mentoring

Education

MS + 2 years

BS + 4 years

Tools

AKTA/UNICORN

TFF

NFF

Centrifugation

JMP

Spotfire

Job description

Associate Scientist - Purification Process Development

Oceanside, United States | Posted on 08/18/2026

Our client, a worldleader in biotechnology and gene therapy, is looking for an AssociateScientist, Purification Process Development based in Oceanside, CA.

Job Duration:LongTerm Contract(Possibility Of Extension)

Pay Rate : $45/hr on W2

Company Benefits: Medical, PaidSick leave, 401K

Seeking an AssociateScientist to support purification process development, characterization,scale-up, and technology transfer for biologics in pivotal and commercialdevelopment. The role involves hands‑on laboratory work, processoptimization, GMP manufacturing support, and collaboration with internal andexternal partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Designand execute purification process development and characterization studies.
• Performlaboratory-scale purification experiments and analyze experimental data.
• Supportprocess scale-up, technology transfer, and implementation atinternal and external GMP manufacturing facilities.
• Developand document experimental protocols, reports, and electronic laboratoryrecords.
• Providetechnical support for manufacturing investigations and atypical events.
• Supportpurification platform development and evaluation of new technologies.
• Mentorjunior team members on purification strategies, experimental design, andprocess transfer.
• Collaboratecross-functionally with Process Development, Manufacturing, Quality, andexternal partners.
• Maintainlaboratory operations, equipment, compliance, safety, and data integritystandards.

Required Qualifications

• MS+ 2 years or BS + 4 years of relevant experience in Chemical Engineering,Biochemistry, Bioengineering, or related discipline.
• Stronghands-on experience with biologics purification process development.

Preferred TechnicalSkills

• Chromatographyand AKTA/UNICORN
• TangentialFlow Filtration (TFF)
• NormalFlow Filtration (NFF)
• Centrifugation
• High-throughputpurification screening
• Processscale-up and GMP technology transfer
• Designof Experiments (DoE), statistics, and data analysis
• JMPand/or Spotfire
• Laboratoryautomation and data-management tools