Scientist - LC-MS Bioanalytical - Thousand Oaks, CA

Job Description

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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.

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.

In this vital role, you will support the design, development, validation, and implementation of robust LC‑MS/MS bioanalytical methods for a wide range of therapeutic modalities—including small molecules, oligonucleotides, proteins, and other complex molecular entities—to enable GLP preclinical and regulated clinical studies. Given the scope of projects, the role will involve multidisciplinary interactions with scientists across research and development  position is lab‑based, and has significant emphasis on data management/fidelity, report generation, effective time management, communication, and data presentation.

• Perform quantitative bioanalytical experiments and organize data and results, including planning and running LC‑MS/MS bioanalysis and preparing and analyzing biological samples.
• Develop and implement LC‑MS/MS bioanalytical methods with quick turnaround times.
• Conduct small and large molecule bioanalysis in non‑clinical and clinical samples from various matrices (plasma, urine, CSF, tissues).
• Perform biological sample extraction using protein crash (PPT), SPE, LLE, and/or affinity capture methodologies.
• Generate complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems and laboratory notebook.
• Ensure bioanalytical data meets regulatory expectations for global submissions by maintaining accurate records and staying current with industry guidelines.
• Author study reports, standard operating procedures, analytical methods, memos, and other regulatory‑compliant documents.
• Communicate bioanalytical data to key discovery and development teams, contribute to scientific publications, and present at professional meetings.
• Comply with safety guidelines and site‑specific procedures, including completion of training on assigned tasks, maintenance of training records, laboratory documentation, and following detailed SOPs and other written procedures.
• Perform general laboratory housekeeping activities and operational support as needed, including QC of reports.

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The scientific professional we seek is a key contributor with the following qualifications.

• Doctorate degree
• Master’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant industrial/technical experience
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of relevant industrial/technical experience

• Prior experience in CRO or pharma/biotech strongly desired
• Strong technical expertise in quantitative mass spectrometry on triple quadrupole (QQQ) platforms as well as HRMS
• Experience with an array of analytical…