Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson Company, is hiring an Assistant Scientist, to be located in Malvern, PA.

Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C. develops treatments that improve the health and lifestyles of people worldwide. Research and development areas encompass novel targets in neurologic disorders, gastroenterology, oncology, infectious disease, diabetes, hematology, metabolic disorders, immunologic disorders, and reproductive medicine.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, provides medicines for an array of health concerns in several therapeutic areas, including: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cardiovascular disease, general medicine (acid reflux disease, infectious diseases), mental health (bipolar I disorder, schizophrenia), neurologics (Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, migraine prevention and treatment), pain management, and women’s health. Our ultimate goal is to help people live balanced lives. We have produced and marketed many first-in-class prescription medications and are poised to serve the broad needs of the healthcare market – from patients to practitioners, from clinics to hospitals. For more about Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit http://www.janssenpharmaceuticalsinc.com/

Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to Diversity & Inclusion, Janssen Research & Development, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will perform process development of the cell culture or purification process steps within the API-Large Molecule group in Malvern, PA.
• Your primary responsibilities will include participating in the design of experiments, executing the planned experiments, and optimizing the process steps to the target process scale. This will include laboratory and occasional pilot-scale scale work with bioreactors, chromatography systems and filtration systems.
• You will design and execute development studies to identify and determine appropriate conditions and ranges of (critical) process parameters for chromatographic purification & separation and several types of filtration.
• You will record and analyze experimental data, verify data integrity and accuracy, and report/summarize findings to the project team, and also draft technical documents and support technology transfer to collaboration partners.
• You will be expected to work in a team environment as well as contributing individually to meet project timeline and objectives.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field is required.
• A BS in Chemical Engineering or Biological Sciences or Biochemistry with 0-2 years of relevant experience is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with either upstream process development (mammalian cell culture, bioreactors, bioreactor process development, and bioreactor data analysis) OR downstream process/purification development (chromatography, filtration) of protein therapeutics (such as antibodies) is preferred.
• Exposure to analytical method development for in-process methods is preferred.
• Good organizational skills and the capability of managing/pursuing multiple projects with some supervision is required.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Experience maintaining written records of work in the form of (electronic) notebooks, technical reports and protocols is preferred.
• Data reporting, ability to present findings to management, and experience with team-based collaborations is preferred.
• Occasional weekend work is required.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Primary Location
United States-Pennsylvania-Malvern-335 Phoenixville Pike
Organization
Janssen Research & Development, LLC (6084)
Job Function
R&D
Requisition ID
2105962686W