Biologics Analytics Associate I — HPLC/UPLC Expert

Prolific Machines; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Retirement plan

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Career coaching

Mental health support

Free team lunches

Snacks

Social events

Job summary

Prolific Machines in Emeryville, CA is seeking a Research Associate I to join the Analytical Chemistry team. You will quantify and characterize broad classes of therapeutic proteins and support development activities for our photomolecular platform.

Responsibilities include planning and executing experiments to characterize protein expression and quality, performing HPLC/UPLC analyses, maintaining instruments, and documenting results with SOPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, or closely related field.
• 0–2 years of industry experience; more experience may be required at higher level.
• Experience operating HPLC/UPLC systems for protein therapeutics and interpreting chromatographic data.
• Experience with Agilent OpenLab CDS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, and interpret experiments to characterize protein expression and biotherapeutic quality.
• Execute analytical assays to support biologics characterization and development activities.
• Routinely operate, maintain, and troubleshoot analytical instrumentation (HPLC/UPLC, CE/cIEF).
• Support method development, optimization, qualification, validation, and troubleshooting activities.
• Document procedures, data, and results in lab notebooks per SOPs and internal standards.
• Coordinate and communicate with stakeholders across multiple experiments.

Skills

HPLC/UPLC operation

Chromatography data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s in Chemistry/Biology/Biochemistry

Tools

Agilent OpenLab CDS

Job description

Prolific Machines in Emeryville, CA is seeking a Research Associate I to join the Analytical Chemistry team. You will quantify and characterize broad classes of therapeutic proteins and support development activities for our photomolecular platform.

Responsibilities include planning and executing experiments to characterize protein expression and quality, performing HPLC/UPLC analyses, maintaining instruments, and documenting results with SOPs.