Associate Scientist – In Vivo Pharmacology, Cardiometabolic Disorders

Career Category

Scientific

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.

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work onsite at Amgen’s South San Francisco campus as part of a collaborative in vivo research team advancing discovery biology and the therapeutic development of the next generation of cardiovascular medicines. You will contribute to studies that deepen our understanding of cardiovascular disease and help push the boundaries of cardiovascular science in support of innovative drug discovery.

• Carry out hands‑on in vivo work in mice, including dosing, handling, health monitoring, and blood collection.
• Support in vivo cardiovascular models and related study procedures.
• Apply mouse surgical and microsurgical techniques, including Alzet pump implantation and other in‑vivo procedures.
• Perform necropsies and support ex‑vivo tissue activities, including dissection, processing, sample preparation, and experimental readouts.
• Partner with scientists to support study execution, communicate results, and maintain accurate study records.
• Participate in dosing and monitoring rotations, including occasional evening or weekend work.

• Master’s degree and 1 year of experience in in‑vivo work with rodents
• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of experience in in‑vivo work with rodents

• Hands‑on experience in in‑vivo rodent studies in an academic or industry setting.
• Proficiency in mouse techniques such as dosing, blood collection, and health monitoring.
• Experience performing necropsy and collecting tissues for downstream analyses.
• Familiarity with cardiovascular in‑vivo studies and ex‑vivo tissue workflows.
• Experience with mouse surgical or microsurgical techniques, or other technically demanding rodent procedures requiring strong manual dexterity.
• Familiarity with mouse husbandry and vivarium‑based study support.
• Cardiovascular research background is a plus.

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 of the way.

This role is paid hourly. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales‑based incentive plan
• Stock‑based long‑term incentives
• Award‑winning time‑off plans
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location…