Career Category

Scientific

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Protein Engineer

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be a be part of a protein design and engineering group within our Biologics organization, which is responsible for biologics discovery and optimization at Amgen.

• Responsible for applying modeling and informatics techniques to impact and accelerate the drug discovery process.
• Work on multiple large molecule modalities such antibodies, therapeutic proteins and multi-specific molecules, as well as target proteins.
• Be adept at working in teams and will initiate and drive partnerships with interdisciplinary groups within Amgen.
• Represent the department on cross-functional teams, as well as growing your external scientific presence through presentations and publications.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Scientist professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR
• Master’s degree and 4 years of scientific experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Engineering or a related discipline plus relevant postdoctoral experience
• Familiarity with relevant protein modeling and protein design software packages (MOE, Schrodinger, Rosetta, etc.)
• Experience with developing analysis methodologies and computational workflows for biologics such as antibodies and proteins
• Proficiency in Python or other programming languages
• Ability to integrate wet lab experimental results and computational design techniques in a design-build-test cycle is a strong plus
• Desire to be part of a team to translate goals into action, prioritize a range of activities and projects, and forge productive cross-site collaborations with partner functions
• Strong written and verbal communication

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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