Senior Fermentation Scientist, Recombinant Peptide Production

AbbVie Inc.; Lake Forest (CA); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

AbbVie Inc. in the United States (Lake Forest, CA) seeks a fermentation scientist to develop microbial processes for recombinant peptide production.

You will perform hands-on fermentation studies, optimize upstream processes, and collaborate with strain development, downstream processing, and analytical teams to generate reliable data. The role requires a Master’s degree with 5+ years (or Bachelor’s with 7+ years) in microbial cultivation/fermentation, with hands-on reactor experience and strong

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience or Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of microbial cultivation and fermentation, preferably using E. coli and/or yeast.
• Experience designing, executing and interpreting critical experiments to advance project goals.

Responsabilités

• Independently design, execute, and interpret critical fermentation experiments to answer scientific questions and advance project goals.
• Develop and optimize microbial cultivation and fermentation processes (E. coli and yeast).
• Operate, maintain, and optimize bench-scale bioreactors and support microscale, parallel, and scale-down fermentation studies.
• Collaborate with strain-development, downstream processing, and analytical teams to assess expression and product quality.
• Analyze fermentation data (growth, substrate use, process parameters, titer, yield) and interpret in scientific context.
• Follow GxP and safety standards; communicate plans and results and contribute to documentation.

Connaissances

Microbial fermentation

E. coli & yeast cultivation

Bioreactor operation

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Master’s degree or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Outils

Bioreactors

Description du poste

AbbVie Inc. in the United States (Lake Forest, CA) seeks a fermentation scientist to develop microbial processes for recombinant peptide production.

You will perform hands-on fermentation studies, optimize upstream processes, and collaborate with strain development, downstream processing, and analytical teams to generate reliable data. The role requires a Master’s degree with 5+ years (or Bachelor’s with 7+ years) in microbial cultivation/fermentation, with hands-on reactor experience and strong