Description:
Title: Associate
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Duration: 12 Months
Standard hours: Approximately 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Associate - Protein Chemistry
- Amgen is seeking a highly motivated Associate to join the Protein Therapeutics (PT) -Protein Chemistry team.
- PT is a multidisciplinary team with broad capabilities in protein engineering, expression, purification, and characterization.
- We are responsible for the engineering, production, assessment, and final selection of large molecule drug candidates that advance to Process Development.
- In this role, you will support the purification, analysis and characterization of large molecule therapeutic drug candidates, many of which are complex.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Protein purification, analytics, and characterization of large molecules.
- Organizing, analyzing, and reporting findings to support lead candidate selection.
- Partnering with Project, Analytics and Automation teams to advance our pipeline.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Degree should be in a relevant scientific field (Life Sciences preferred).
- Entry-level position.
- No professional industry experience required.
- Academic research experience during college is acceptable and desirable.
Preferred Qualifications
- Protein purification exposure or experience.
- Laboratory experience conducting experiments.
- Research experience obtained while pursuing degree.
- Familiarity with protein purification techniques, instrumentation, and related laboratory workflows.
- Some post-graduate industry experience (up to ~1 year) is acceptable.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual [salary/hourly rate] for this position is between $20.00 - 21.00 per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
[medical insurance], [dental insurance], [vision insurance], [401(k) retirement plan], [life insurance], [long-term disability insurance], [short-term disability insurance],
[paid parking/public transportation], [Paid time off], [Days/hours of paid sick and safe time], [Days/hours of paid vacation time], [Weeks of paid parental leave], [Paid holidays annually], [any additional benefits applicable].