YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Developer Associate Protein Purification, are to: 

• Perform and conduct bench scale purification development experiments independently (e.g. buffer preparation, chromatography, tangential flow filtration, unit operation procedures, assays, etc.) with general guidance and instruction;
• Execute pilot scale production runs and supports clinical manufacturing operations (equipment cleaning, chromatography processing, filtration, tangential flow filtration, etc.) under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) conditions as needed;
• Evaluate new methods, techniques, and equipment as required to facilitate and improve process development;
• Exercise judgment within defined practices and policies in determining appropriate action and is capable of understanding technical literature for problem solving;
• Be actively involved in experimental designs, data analysis, trouble-shooting, protocol, and report writing under the direction of the development lead scientist;
• Communicate scientific findings, provide status updates on assigned tasks in one-on-one discussions and within the project team and the department meetings;
• Understand basic GMP principles, completes and stays current with GMP training requirements;
• Contribute to the functions of the laboratory including ordering, organization, chemical and equipment monitoring and maintenance.
   

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Chemical engineering, Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences, or related field OR Master’s degree;
• Ability to follow written and/or verbal instructions in the performance of experiments, assays, and/or method development procedures;
• Ability to design and perform experiments, troubleshoot routine problems, solve scientific problems with deductive reasoning and summarize, interpret, and review experimental data for accuracy;
• Knowledge of laboratory and scientific techniques for protein purification processes;
• Scientific understanding of the biotherapeutics and a general knowledge of the product, technology, or markets;
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word);
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including report writing;
• Ability and desire to be a good team-player of a project team;
• Ability to understand and execute bench scale purification development techniques including chromatography using AKTA and Avant workstations, dead end filtration, tangential flow filtration, and various protein analytical assays such as SDS-PAGE, UV-Vis Spectrophotometry, HPLC, HTRF and ELISA;
• Understands basic GMP requirements;
• Experience with Design Of Experiment (DOE), automation, database construction and analysis;
• Experience working with automated liquid handler (e.g. Tecan), automated UFDF systems (e.g. Akta Crossflow and Avants).

Preferred Qualifications:
 

• Familiar with using statistical software such as JMP for data analysis.