Main Duties & Responsibilities:

The position resides in the Purification Process Sciences group (PPS) within the Bioprocess Development R&D (BPD) department. Members of the PPS function work closely with other development functions and manufacturing sciences to develop and transfer clinical and commercial purification processes. Position may require weekend work and/or periodic late-nights. Main duties are as follows:

• Design, development, and optimization of downstream processes for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals in early and late stage development.
• Evaluation and development of new technologies to facilitate process development and increase purification process efficiency.
• Performing purifications for complex biopharmaceutical drugs such as antibodies, Multispecific antibodies, fusion proteins, pDNA, and viruses
• Performing studies to develop scalable purification processes and assist is tech transfer activities
• Solving challenging protein purification problems
• Coordinating closely with the research department, cell culture group, and analytical biotechnology group in order to meet project timelines and company goals
• Conducting pilot scale purifications in support of process development activities and support development studies
• Maintain accurate records of data and actively participate in laboratory organization
• Professionally deliver results to internal and external audiences
• Supervision: Should be able to function with limited supervision and is expected to work independently on a day-to-day basis. Expectation for independence will increase with time and experience in the position.