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Associate Scientist (Biomanufacturing) - Onsite
Contract: Foster City, California, US
Salary Range: 40.00 - 45.00 | Per Hour
Job Code: 362699
End Date: 2025-07-06
Days Left: 16 days, 17 hours left
Position Details:
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Job Title: Associate Scientist (Biomanufacturing) - Onsite
Location: Foster City, CA 94404
Duration: 12+ months [+ Possibilities of extension]
Pay Range: $40-$45/hr
Scope:
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Seeking motivated, team-oriented individuals with expertise and experience in cell culture and/or protein purification process development and/or scale-up to support our pre-pivotal purification & pilot operations group.
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This is an opportunity to work in teams for the early- and late-stage development of biological molecules.
Responsibilities:
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Plan and execute assigned tasks that support upstream cell culture and downstream purification operations.
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Monitor and evaluate process performance data, report and present findings, and proactively seek out senior personnel to discuss potential solutions to problem.
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Work with group members to maintain the lab, including analytical equipment maintenance, inventory and stocking support, and general lab upkeep activities.
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Participate in group meetings and present results, data interpretation and conclusions.
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Demonstrate strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to explain processes used to achieve results of assigned tasks.
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Work with team oriented, collaborative and problem-solving mindset.
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Always work with safety in mind.
Education & Skills:
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AA/AS degree: must have 2+ year relevant industry experience (cell culture and/or purification techniques) or
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BS/BE degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology, or a related scientific discipline: at least 1 years of experience required (in cell culture and/or purification techniques).
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Familiar with cell culture operations, including shake flask and aseptic work in biosafety cabinets, Wave bioreactors, and large scale Single Use Bioreactors
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Hands on experience with reactor sampling and daily monitoring of processes is preferred.
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Familiar with downstream purification process, which includes centrifugation, chromatography, and dead-end as well as tangential filtration.
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Hands-on experience of AKTA, Tangential flow filtration and depth filtration is preferred. AKTA and UNICORN programming: a huge plus, not a must as it is trainable (yet needs experience with other Chromatography operations (e.g. how it works, how to pack resins in columns of various sizes)
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Knowledge of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), technology transfer, and scaling up bioprocesses is a plus.
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Must be able to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
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Must demonstrate excellent technical writing skills: strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
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Must be self-motivated, organized, and enjoy scientific investigation and thinking.
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Clinical commercial manufacturing or pilot time activities + manufacturing.
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Production/Material generation experience in either a Biologics Pilot Lab or a GMP Clinical Facility is the best match (process engineering not the right fit here). This biologics pilot lab in Foster City is not a GMP lab.
Miscellaneous Info:
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Team: currently 5 scientists responsible for generating materials to support biologics programs at the pilot scale; conducting troubleshooting and process improvement; assessing and implementing new technology to enable improvement of site-wise operational capability, capacity, and efficiency.
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Interview Process (via Zoom): initial screen, then more detailed 1:1 with manager plus 1-2 colleagues.
Job Requirement
- upstream cell culture
- downstream purification
- AKTA
- UPLC
- LCMS
- AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY
- centrifugation
- bioreactor
- fermenter
- shake flask
- Biosafety cabinet
- cell culture
- bioprocess
- biomanufacturing
Reach Out to a Recruiter
- Recruiter
- Phone
- Niharika Shrivastava
- niharika.shrivastava@collabera.com
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