Job Description
Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, is hiring an Experienced Scientist in Upstream Development, to be located in Malvern, PA.
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The successful candidate for this position will contribute to upstream process development within the therapeutic protein process development group in Malvern, PA. The candidate will be responsible for performing upstream process development studies including:
- Participate in design of experiments
- Perform routine upstream laboratory operations to support execution of mammalian bioprocess experiments
- Record and analyze data
- Participate in scientific investigations and trouble-shoot process issues that arise during development, technology transfer, or scale-up
- Participate in control strategy development
- Participate in tech transfer, facility fit, and process scale up/ scale down
- Author technical reports and contribute to regulatory filings
The candidate is expected to work effectively in a team environment as well as contributing individually to meet project objectives and timelines. Other duties will be assigned, as necessary.
Education: • A minimum of 4 years of relevant industry experience and a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry or related field is required. Master's in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry or related field with 0-2 years is preferred.
Required Experience and Skills: • Knowledge of and hands-on experience performing large molecule drug substance (API) upstream manufacturing process development is required
• Highly organized and capable of managing/ pursuing multiple projects with some supervision is required
• Good written and verbal communication skills are required
• Experience maintaining written records of work in the form of laboratory notebooks (paper or electronic) is required
• The ability to report data, present findings to management is required
• Experience with team-based collaborations and direct management of daily laboratory responsibilities is requires
• Occasional weekend work is required
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