Senior Development Scientist

Location

Torrance, CA | United States

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works under supervision from the Development Manager;
• Is capable of performing most routine operations with minimal supervision and supervising other Development Chemists as appropriate;
• Develops and maintains a high level of expertise in all aspects of Peptide manufacturing, including solid- and solution-phase synthesis, intermediate processing, and purification;
• Develops synthetic procedures and performs synthetic steps using the developed procedures;
• Performs experiments to determine requisite process parameters to develop intermediate processing procedures and performs intermediate chemical processing steps using the developed procedures;
• With minimal supervision, develops procedures needed for product purification, determines purification process parameters and purifies crude peptide products by preparative chromatography techniques, including HPLC and Ion Exchange Chromatography;
• Develops analytical methods and performs analyses of in-process samples/chromatographic fractions by analytical HPLC/UPLC/SEC and reports results to Development Manager;
• Makes basic “Go – No Go” processing decisions;
• Reports any significant problems or issues regarding equipment used in processing to Development Manager. May perform basic and/or general machine/equipment troubleshooting;
• Is responsible for maintaining high safety, housekeeping and cleanliness standards;
• Maintains Development documentation and process records under the GDP standards;
• Performs analysis of process data and compiles Process Development update presentations and Process Development Summary reports;
• Under minimal and necessary supervision and direction, performs experiments to establish process parameters and uses the results to generate process BPRs (Batch Production Records);
• Provides Development support to Production as assigned by the Development Manager;
• Presents Process Development update presentations to clients with the aid and direction from Development Manager;
• Communicates Process Development project status to Project Management to ensure project progress tracking;
• Engages with the Global Development team to communicate newly discovered technical challenges and possible solutions to the existing issues;
• Takes on additional tasks and duties from both the local site and the Global Development teams;
• Performs any and all additional duties as required for this position.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree in Chemistry with 5+ years of related experience.
• Educational background and experience in Organic Synthesis is required, experience with peptide chemistry is desirable.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite of applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)

• Ability to work as part of a team and also independently with minimal to no supervision

• Ability to rapidly change focus during times of shifting or changing priorities

• Impeccable technical writing skills with extreme attention to detail, specifically the lexicology and grammatology of written English text as applied to technical writing

• Excellent organizational, multitasking, and communication skills

Salary: $90K-$120K annually 

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law .

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