Process Development Associate II

Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling lifechanging therapies for patients around the globe creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.

SUMMARY:

This is Development Associate II position in the Upstream Process Development group. This is an exciting opportunity to join our cell culture team developing mammalian cell culture processes used for the manufacture of therapeutic recombinant proteins. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting shake flask and bioreactor experiments sampling inoculating feeding & harvesting bioreactors. Under general supervision this person carries out routine to moderately complex experiments or procedures and data analysis.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain lab including cleaning autoclaving reactors stocking laboratory supplies and performing maintenance on laboratory equipment as needed

• Support bench scale bioreactor and shake flask experiments with aseptic technique:

  • Sample shake flasks and bioreactors

  • Use cell counting and chemical analytic equipment

  • Record data accurately in batch record and notebooks

• Perform cell culture operations such as cell passaging bioreactor inoculation transfection cloning cellimaging and cryopreservation/cellbanking

• Understand relevant lab methodologies with awareness of their applications problems and limitations

• Work other members of the team to design execute and analyze experiments

• Identify and solve basic technical problems with supervisor/leads

• Present data at internal meetings with input from supervisor

• Draft protocols and contribute to reports with supervision

• Contribute to continuous lab improvement

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated experience in a mammalian cell culture and bioreactor lab environment preferred but training can be provided to the right candidate.

• Good mechanical aptitude and confidence working with computers and analytical equipment

• Excellent written & oral communication skills and technical ability

• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot

• Flexibility to work both independently and in a team setting

• Willingness to support evening or weekend work if needed

• Ability to lift 30 pounds and good manual dexterity to work in a laboratory environment

• Must be dependable detailoriented organized and willing to perform both routine tasks and develop new skills

• Academic or industrial handson experience with mammalian cell culture media/ buffer preparation and aseptic technique preferred

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• A.A./B.S. in a life science or engineering with 13 years of relevant experience

COMPENSATION:

$66960 $92070

Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge Trust Quality Ingenuity Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe.

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work sidebyside with our clients and partners every step of the way. We provide worldclass development and manufacture of mammalian and microbialbased therapeutic proteins plasmid DNA (pDNA) messenger RNA (mRNA) viral vectors and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S. Europe and Asia with cGMPcompliant facilities in Seattle Washington; Boulder and Longmont Colorado; Copenhagen Denmark; Heidelberg Germany; Milan Italy; and Chiba Japan. We currently employ more than 2500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients most complex challenges including specialization in fasttrack projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more visit.Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company Follow us on LinkedIn and give us a quick Like on Facebook!

AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances.