Amgen
Process Development Associate – Pivotal Drug Substance
Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California, United States, 91362
Process Development Associate – Pivotal Drug Substance
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas—Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease—we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.
Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science‑based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
What You Will Do Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization at Amgen develops, characterizes, and supports the commercialization of the drug substance manufacturing processes for all late‑stage programs across the Amgen portfolio. Located at our Cambridge, MA site, this lab‑based position will be responsible for support of the development, characterization, scale‑up, and support of upstream and downstream processes to enable commercial advancement of programs from Ph II/III clinical trials to marketing application. This role is in an integrated group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Amgen’s rich, exciting, and dynamic pipeline. With Amgen’s biology‑first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity of being able to work on multiple modalities from antibodies and oncolytic viruses to bispecifics and siRNAs.
The successful candidate will perform experiments at the bench scale, spanning the end‑to‑end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem‑solving skills to rapidly solve day‑to‑day experimental challenges. Additionally, the candidate will utilize out‑of‑the‑box thinking to contribute to technology development. Finally, the candidate will also demonstrate the desire to expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.
What We Expect Of You We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications
High school diploma / GED and 4 years of scientific experience
Associate’s degree and 2 years of scientific experience
Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences with a demonstrated record of excellence
Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to practical problems through application of fundamental scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment
Basic understanding of protein chromatography, filtration, and cell culture principles; hands‑on experience with mammalian cell culture, and/or purification operations is a plus
Motivated self‑starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
Demonstrated success working with diverse team members in a dynamic, cross‑functional environment
Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data
What You Can Expect Of Us From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan that includes:
A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a retirement and savings plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales‑based incentive plan
Stock‑based long‑term incentives
Award‑winning time‑off plans
Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the work location type in the job posting to see if this applies
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
careers.amgen.com
Sponsorship Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
Equal Employment Opportunity Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas—Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease—we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.
Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science‑based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
What You Will Do Let’s do this! Let’s change the world! The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization at Amgen develops, characterizes, and supports the commercialization of the drug substance manufacturing processes for all late‑stage programs across the Amgen portfolio. Located at our Cambridge, MA site, this lab‑based position will be responsible for support of the development, characterization, scale‑up, and support of upstream and downstream processes to enable commercial advancement of programs from Ph II/III clinical trials to marketing application. This role is in an integrated group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Amgen’s rich, exciting, and dynamic pipeline. With Amgen’s biology‑first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity of being able to work on multiple modalities from antibodies and oncolytic viruses to bispecifics and siRNAs.
The successful candidate will perform experiments at the bench scale, spanning the end‑to‑end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem‑solving skills to rapidly solve day‑to‑day experimental challenges. Additionally, the candidate will utilize out‑of‑the‑box thinking to contribute to technology development. Finally, the candidate will also demonstrate the desire to expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.
What We Expect Of You We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications
High school diploma / GED and 4 years of scientific experience
Associate’s degree and 2 years of scientific experience
Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences with a demonstrated record of excellence
Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to practical problems through application of fundamental scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment
Basic understanding of protein chromatography, filtration, and cell culture principles; hands‑on experience with mammalian cell culture, and/or purification operations is a plus
Motivated self‑starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
Demonstrated success working with diverse team members in a dynamic, cross‑functional environment
Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data
What You Can Expect Of Us From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan that includes:
A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a retirement and savings plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales‑based incentive plan
Stock‑based long‑term incentives
Award‑winning time‑off plans
Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the work location type in the job posting to see if this applies
Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
careers.amgen.com
Sponsorship Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.
Equal Employment Opportunity Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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