Scientist/Engineer I

Primary Talent Partners; West Point (AL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Scientist (Engineer I) to join their Vaccine Process Development Team. This role involves utilizing various purification techniques and characterization methods to support the development of vaccines and adjuvants. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to bridge process, formulation, and analytical principles, ensuring the successful transfer of processes to the biologics pilot plant. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in science or engineering, with experience in laboratory operations and analytical instrumentation. Join this innovative firm and contribute to impactful projects in the pharmaceutical industry.

Qualifications

• Strong scientific understanding of downstream bioprocess purification processes.
• Experience with analytical instrumentation and laboratory operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Characterize adjuvants and LNPs using various analytical techniques.
• Design and troubleshoot experiments while maintaining quality work.

Skills

Analytical Techniques

Communication Skills

Technical Problem-Solving

Wet Chemistry Laboratory Skills

Education

BS in Science or Engineering

AA with Relevant Experience

Tools

HPLC/UPLC Systems

UV/Vis Spectrophotometers

Thermocyclers

Plate Readers

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a 12 month contract opening for a Scientist (Engineer I) to join a multinational pharmaceutical company for an onsite position operating out of West Point, PA.

Pay: $31.00/hr - $36.00/hr

Contract: 12 months, extensions likely, conversion possible

Type: W-2, cannot support C2C or provide visa sponsorship

Summary: Join our Vaccine Process Development Team in using a variety of purification techniques and characterization methods to support commercial and bench scale vaccine and adjuvant process development. We work with numerous teams to bridge process, formulation, and analytical principles to develop processes and transfer to our biologics pilot plant to produce Phase 1-3 clinical materials.

Responsibilities:

• Characterize adjuvants, LNPs and constituent components with a variety of analytical techniques
• Participate in/drive production of LNPs and adjuvants at lab and pilot scale
• Provide support for execution of process development activities and manufacturing investigations
• Perform laboratory scale studies
• Design and troubleshoot experiments
• Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Author laboratory notebooks and technical documents
• Work both independently and within multidisciplinary team
• Produce high quality work against firm deadlines
• Maintain good sample handling practices
• Balance and prioritize competing deliverables

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Science, Engineering, or related field heavily preferred. Would consider AA with relevant experience.
• Experience working with adjuvant and LNP processing a plus
• Experience working with tangential flow filtration processing - microfiltration/ultrafiltration *comfortable in a lab environment.
• Must have scientific understanding of downstream bioprocess purification processes.
• Scientific understanding of purification operations of large complex molecules.
• Technical understanding of bioprocess scaling principles
• Wet chemistry laboratory skills (pipetting, buffer preparation, filtration, dilution, stoichiometry)
• Proficiency with technical writing and laboratory records (laboratory notebooks, chemical inventory, data management)
• Excellent collaborative and team-working skills
• Strong technical problem-solving abilities, data interpretation and presentation competence

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience working with analytical instrumentation (plate readers, densitometers, thermocyclers, cIEF, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC/ UPLC systems)
• Experience working in GMP and GLP environments
• Experience with laboratory operations
• Experience working in an industry environments
• Experience conducting laboratory scale process characterization studies
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues (experimental, equipment-related issues)
• Experience in method development and method transfer

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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