Manufacturing Scientist

Role overview

Schedule and conditions

• Standard Monday–Friday schedule.
• Work follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) safety standards.
• Office and production conditions may require PPE, including safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, or ear plugs; work may involve hazardous or toxic materials.

Responsibilities

• Perform purification and formulation unit operations for primary, secondary, and polyclonal production to schedule.
• Complete batch records, equipment logbooks, routing hours, material issuance, and daily quantity records.
• Guide colleagues on factors affecting product quality; report deviations and compliance matters.
• Manage changing priorities and overlapping projects; identify improvements through JDI, PPI, and Kaizen.
• Report raw-material shortages affecting production.
• Conduct SOP-based experiments and planned QC testing within turnaround times.
• Train in interpreting experiment data and maintain effective team partnerships.

Qualifications and requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent in life science, biotechnology, microbiology, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in life science, biotechnology, or a relevant field.
• Strong biotechnology, chromatography, and immunology skills.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory standards; attention to detail and high-quality results.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills.
• Digital literacy, including Microsoft Office.

Technical experience

• Desirable: theoretical or practical experience in antibody purification and conjugation.
• Protein purification and analysis experience or knowledge, including affinity or ion exchange chromatography, SEC, HPLC, and SDS-PAGE.
• Protein affinity measurement and epitope-binning experience is desirable.
• Familiarity or experience with conjugation chemistry development or antibody conjugation.