Job Title: Scientist, Flu Reassortants & Reagents
Location: Swiftwater, PA
Main responsibilities:- Execution of small-scale egg inoculation and harvest and characterization testing including PCR and hemagglutination
- Protein purification and characterization testing including SDS-PAGE, western blot, and chromatography
- SRID testing and analysis
- Support execution of small-scale experiments in support of time to market activities
- Perform data analysis and publish protocols, reports, and procedures
- Order and maintain supplies and ship materials as needed
- Assist with sample management between reassortant lab, reagent lab, seed lab, Flu Pilot Plant, and Analytical Sciences
- Support technical process improvements
- Define/manage deliverables and objectives for safe and compliant execution
- Coach/mentor junior personnel and maintain technical knowledge in workforce
About YouBasic Qualifications- Master's degree in Virology, Microbiology or any related field with academical experience or knowledge of cGMP environments OR bachelor's degree in biology, Virology, Microbiology or any related field with 2+ years of experience in a cGMP environment.
Technical skills:- Influenza viral work experience, including egg handling, hemagglutination assay, and infectivity assay
- Experience with egg-based viral vaccine production processes
- Experience with laboratories techniques including hemagglutination assay, PCR, SDS-PAGE, and chromatography
- Knowledge of flu reassortant development
- Experience with basic laboratory techniques
- Sequencing viral genes preferred
Soft skills:- Behaves according to company values and competencies.
- Encourages and ensures proactive and strong collaboration internally and across M&S functions; forward thinking with an attitude of optimization, efficiency, continuous improvement, and smooth transitions between functions.
- Proactively anticipates problems and effectively communicates successes, constraints, conflicts, solutions, and actions for resolution.
- Proactively resolves conflicts, removes roadblocks to execution within sphere of influence; escalates to functional management when appropriate.
- Empowers and ensures accountability within team.
Terms of employment- The hired candidate will have no direct reports.
- The candidate will work during normal business hours (8am-5pm Monday - Friday), but occasional work outside of these hours may be necessary. Hybrid modality: 4 days On-site and 1 day at home.
The salary range for this position is:
$75.000,00 - $108.333,33
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.
