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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.

Scientist - Biologics Discovery - Experimental Immunology Research
Successful candidate will be required to work onsite at our Burnaby, BC office.
 

Live

What you will do
 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will join our Biologic Discovery team as an immunologist. This scientist will occupy a key research role in the Biologics Discovery organization and will be tasked with advancing our capabilities to generate and discover exceptional antibodies using both in vitro and in vivo platforms.

• Develop and implement 3D cultures to recapitulate an adaptive immune response in vitro

• in vitro human immunogenicity screening

• Make strong intellectual contributions to in vitro immune process development and antigen/antibody biomolecular engineering

• Develop strategies to direct the adaptive immune response towards desired outcomes

• Leverage groundbreaking technologies to interrogate adaptive humoral and cellular immune responses

• Collaborate with protein engineers to create, test and optimize novel antigen designs for challenging targets

• Drive innovative platform development to support high-quality antibody discovery
   

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The scientific professional we seek is a strong 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:

• Doctorate degree and 2+ years Postdoctoral experience

• Specific expertise and a record of publication in adaptive immunology

• Experience with the regulation of mammalian B cell biology is highly desirable

• Strong problem solving and scientific skills with a demonstrated ability to work independently

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to multi-task and work flexibly with a high sense of urgency in a cross-functional, highly matrixed team environment
   

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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