Senior Scientist, Antibody Engineering & Preclinical Lead

Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals Co.; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Reimbursement Accounts

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short & Long Term Disability Insurance

401K with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Days & Holidays

Job summary

Biocytogen is seeking highly skilled and motivated scientists to join our antibody discovery team. This role focuses on optimizing therapeutic antibody binders from our RenBiologics program, using advanced engineering to improve affinity, specificity, stability, and developability across multiple disease areas.

You will lead design of experiments, manage projects with cross-functional teams, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders as we advance assets toward preclinical

Qualifications

• PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Immunology, or related field.
• 2+ years antibody engineering and project management experience.
• Strong MOA, druggability, and formulation knowledge.
• Proven ability to drive projects and meet milestones.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Select and evaluate therapeutic targets with MOA, druggability and delivery options.
• Design strategies to advance candidates toward therapeutic development.
• Drive projects by assembling resources, managing timelines and alignment.
• Engineer antibodies to improve affinity, specificity, stability and manufacturability.
• Optimize antibodies via advanced molecular designs (Fc engineering, bispecifics).
• Evaluate lead antibodies for binding, function and developability for preclinical readiness.
• Collaborate with discovery, manufacturing and licensing teams; present findings.

Skills

Antibody engineering

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Target biology research

Education

PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology/Immunology

MS with 5+ years antibody engineering

Job description

Biocytogen is seeking highly skilled and motivated scientists to join our antibody discovery team. This role focuses on optimizing therapeutic antibody binders from our RenBiologics program, using advanced engineering to improve affinity, specificity, stability, and developability across multiple disease areas.

You will lead design of experiments, manage projects with cross-functional teams, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders as we advance assets toward preclinical