Scientist I, Purification
Evotec
Full-time
Remote friendly (Redmond, WA)
United States
Operations
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Role Summary
Scientist I, Purification at Just-Evotec in Redmond, WA. You will join a team focused on purification process development for biotherapeutics, driving innovative approaches and solving complex problems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, transfer processes to clinical and commercial manufacturing facilities, and contribute to technology development to reduce cost and improve efficiency. This role supports personal growth and the success of the team through curious, creative problem solving.
Responsibilities
- Dive deep into purification process development for biotherapeutics manufacturing, always looking for ways to improve and innovate.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore new possibilities and solutions.
- Transfer processes to clinical and commercial manufacturing facilities.
- Technology development to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of purification processes.
- Regularly share your findings, ideas, and solutions in both team settings and presentations.
- Ensure that curiosity-driven questions and exploration lead to measurable, impactful results.
Qualifications
- Required: BS or MS degree in Engineering, Biochemistry, or related field and 5+ years of experience or Ph.D.
- Required: Knowledgeable in chromatography and filtration theory, downstream development strategy, and process scale-up/transfer
- Required: Experience with chromatography operations, including operating AKTA systems
- Required: Experience with filtration operation, including executing bench-scale dead-end filtration, viral filtration, UF/DF, and depth filtration
- Required: Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing, able to share complex ideas in a simple, relatable way
- Preferred: Experience with design of experiments (DOE) and analysis using statistical software packages (JMP, MATLAB, etc.)
- Preferred: Experience with multi column chromatography
- Preferred: Experience with continuous and connected processing
- Preferred: Experience with process modelling
- Preferred: A curious problem-solver with a passion for learning and growing in a dynamic environment
- Preferred: Comfortable with ambiguity and thrives in environments where curiosity and experimentation are encouraged
- Preferred: A self-starter who takes initiative, owns your projects, and actively seeks out new challenges