Process Development Associate

Career Category

Scientific

Job Description

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission-to serve patients living with serious illnesses-drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas
-Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease- we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Process Development Associate

What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will contribute towards Amgen's Drug Substance Process Development for late stage clinical and commercial biologics programs, including the development, characterization, and scale-up of upstream and downstream manufacturing processes supporting Ph II/III clinical trials to marketing application. This role is within an integrated organization in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Amgen's rich and dynamic pipeline.

With Amgen's biology first approach, the position provides a unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities, from antibodies to oncolytic viruses to bi-specifics.

The Process Development Associate will help design and perform experiments at the bench scale that span the end-to-end Drug Substance process, from cell culture to purification operations. In this role, you will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the Process Development Associate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to technology development and will demonstrate the desire to expand and develop expertise in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.

The Process Development Associate will join a diverse team with varied levels of experience and report to a Process Development Principal Scientist.

* Contribute within a project team on goals such as improving process yield and robustness, and scaling-up processes to manufacturing sites

* Perform small-scale bioprocess experiments that encompass both upstream (cell culture) and downstream (purification) operations

* Cell culture responsibilities may include maintaining cultures in shake flasks, culture bags, and benchtop bioreactors

* Purification experiments include, but are not limited to, protein chromatography, filtration, and UF/DF operations

* Automation programming for benchtop bioreactors, chromatography systems, and robotic liquid handling systems

* Experimental design and data interpretation, leveraging in-house visualization and analytics tools

* Communication of findings through oral presentations and written documentation (technical reports as well as GMP documents to support regulatory filings)

* Provide scientific technical support for technology transfer of processes to manufacturing sites

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree (complete degree by Aug 2026)

* OR

* Associate's degree and 2 years of Scientific experience

* OR

* High school diploma / GED and 4 years of Scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Biomedical, or related Engineering;
Life Sciences; or other relevant sciences

* Experience and demonstrated interest in laboratory work, particularly hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture and/or purification operations

* Basic understanding of cell culture, protein chromatography, and filtration principles

* Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems by applying scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work flexibly in a dynamic and collaborative environment with diverse team members

* Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we'll support your journey every step…