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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.

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Sr. Associate Scientist - Cardiometabolic Disorders

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. The Cardiometabolic Department at Amgen in South San Francisco is seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate Scientist to be part of a fast-paced, integrated and interactive research group developing therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases. The successful candidate must have strong in vitro assay development skills in immunology and metabolic disease area and a passion for drug discovery.

In this vital role you will join a multidisciplinary, cross-functional team, collaborate with research scientists with diverse expertise and contribute to multiple projects at both early and later stages of the Discovery pipeline. The science-based, patient-first environment at Amgen will allow the successful candidate to reach his/her full potential and apply his/her scientific expertise to benefit patients who need innovative medicines.

Position Requirements

• The ideal candidate should have a good working knowledge and scientific understanding of inflammation and metabolism related disorders
• Experience with a broad range of immunological assays is needed. This includes good experience with flow cytometry, experience with cell isolation techniques and developing functional ex vivo cell assays
• Candidate must be proficient in routine molecular biology techniques like qPCR, ddPCR, immunoblot, immunoprecipitation, ELISA and MSD assays
• Proficiency in developing cellular image-based assays to study target co-localization and drug uptake is preferred
• Experience working with primary human cell lines, maintenance of iPSC cells, develop stable expression cell lines, CRISPR Cas9 KI cell lines is a plus
• Assay development skills in luminescence, TR_FRET and BRET assays, will be preferred
• The successful candidate can also contribute, as part of a team, to in-life portions of in vivo studies monitoring animal health and welfare, prepare for harvests, and support ex vivo tissue and serum analysis
• Analyze and interpret data, communicate with manager and colleagues in written and oral formats, share results at team meetings
• Be accountable for accurate, organized and timely record keeping
• Show good scientific judgment at the experiment and project level
• Demonstrate commitment to compliance and lab safety
• Enjoy working in teams and be comfortable working independently with minimal daily oversight

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry background, familiarity with drug screening workflow processes
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, able to prioritize tasks and maintain focus in a fast-paced research environment
• Adaptability/flexibility to effectively work independently and as part of an engaged and productive team to deliver results and advance programs
• Will embrace supporting both high-throughput routine screening tasks and digging deep into biology questions
• Skilled in computerized data acquisition, post-acquisition processing and data analysis using analytical & graphic software, and data summarization
• Desire to learn new skills, take on new ideas, branch out into new territory, develop new models, and collaborate with researchers all over the Research organization.

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What we expect of you

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

Basic Qualifications

PhD or equivalent advanced degree

OR

Master’s degree and 3 years of scientific experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of scientific experience

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

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Amgen requires all staff in the United States and Puerto Rico to be vaccinated from COVID 19 as a condition of employment. In accordance with applicable law, Amgen will provide reasonable accommodations to staff members who qualify on the basis of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Such accommodation may not pose an undue hardship to Amgen, its operations, or its staff.

Amgen will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.