Biochemistry Scientist

Company Description Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations.

It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic  over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and  2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description Eurofins PSS West is looking for a Biochemistry Scientist (Scientist II / Senior Scientist) to support analytical development and characterization of monoclonal antibody (mAb) programs at a client site in Oceanside, CA. This scientist performs platform analytical testing in a high-volume sample environment, leads method development and process improvement, and serves as a technical resource and trainer for the team.

They are expected to work independently and help drive best practices across the group.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Perform analytical testing of platform methods across mAb projects, including titer, concentration, SEC, glycan profiling, CEX, cIEF, CE, reconstitution time, water content, excipients, subvisible particulate matter, appearance, osmolality, and residuals (HPLC, ELISA, qPCR)
Perform data entry and first-level data review; initiate and close ELN records as appropriate

Provide testing and logistics support to therapeutic programs, including robustness and method development studies

Lead and initiate method development and process improvement efforts, refining established processes for accuracy and efficiency

Author procedures, reports, and technical documents

Train others on essential techniques and contribute to long-term training development plans

Serve as a troubleshooting resource and communicate complex technical topics clearly to department-scale audiences

Prepare reagents, perform laboratory and equipment maintenance, and support other areas of the analytical development group as needed

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate would possess:

Hands-on proficiency with HPLC and related analytical platforms

Subject-matter expertise in several complex analytical techniques, with the ability to challenge and improve current practices

Experience with ELN record entry and data review workflows

Experience leading method development or process improvement

Excellent communication, organization and attention to detail

Pluses:

Experience with large molecule (mAb) analytical platform techniques

Experience in commercial or high-volume laboratories

Data review…