Research Associate II

Job Description

Location:: Cambridge, MA

Visa Status:: Any work visa (Visa sponsorship available)

Salary::$40-45/hr.

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Job Description:

Job Responsibilities/Department Description:

The Research Associate II (RA-II) will be the lead contributor to a Biopharmaceutical Drug Product development project (including Gene Therapy, Protein therapeutics, etc) and will be responsible for stability testing, formulation screening and container closure selection. The successful candidate is expected to work with internal and external partners to timely and comprehensively address stability and compatibility aspects using established assays, across a variety of technological platforms and disciplines (biochemical, molecular biology, biophysical, and analytical). Prior experience in developing molecular biology, analytical and biophysical methods for accelerated (high throughput) protein characterization, formulation screening, and candidate selection is a plus.

 Key expectation and training include execution of stability studies under various formulation conditions comprising of gene therapy capsids or protein/enzyme sample preparation, testing, data analysis, and interpretation of results. Planning, prioritization, and initiation of concurrent experimental procedures for multiple programs to ensure their timely completion is essential. The RA-II should have good communication skills (oral and written), a strong work ethic, and good documentation practices including laboratory notebook maintenance, and compilation and presentation of data.  The RA-II is also expected to work well with others and have the flexibility and adaptability needed in a fast-paced team environment.

 Basic Qualifications:

 An M.S. degree or equivalent in pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, chemical engineering or any related discipline and 3-6 years of relevant laboratory experience or a B.S. degree or equivalent in pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a related discipline and 5-8 years of relevant laboratory experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

 Preferred Qualifications:

 Any prior experience in formulation and process development of biological modalities such as monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, viral gene therapy, etc

·        Understanding of formulation and container closure selection

·        Experience with automated systems and plate-based high throughput methodologies

·        Experience with statistical and multivariate data analysis with commercial software packages

·        Comfortable with basic coding in Python, Matlab or another programming languages

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