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Protein Engineer , II

Job in Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia, 22827, USA
Listing for: AA2IT
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-27
Job specializations:
  • Science
    Research Scientist, Biotech Research
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 34 - 40 USD Hourly USD 34.00 40.00 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Protein Engineer I , II
Location: Elkton

Job Title

Pay Rate:
Level 1: $34 Level II $ 40 /HR on W2

Must Have:
Experience working with protein purification
• Recombinant protein production and purification
• Protein biochemistry/biochemical skills
• Experience working with tangential flow filtration processing – microfiltration/ultrafiltration
• Experience working with column chromatography and AKTA/Unicorn systems

Education Minimum Requirement

A bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline (biochemistry, chemistry, biology), life sciences, Engineering. Open to higher degrees

Required Experience and Skills
  • Experience working with protein purification
  • Recombinant protein production and purification
  • Protein biochemistry/biochemical skills
  • Experience working with tangential flow filtration processing – microfiltration/ultrafiltration
  • Experience working with column chromatography and AKTA/Unicorn systems
Preferred Experience and Skills
  • Experience working with analytical instrumentation (plate readers, densitometers, thermocyclers, cIEF, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC/UPLC systems)
  • Experience working in GMP and GLP environments
  • Experience with laboratory operations
  • Experience working in an industry environments
  • Experience conducting laboratory scale process characterization studies
  • Experience troubleshooting technical issues (experimental, equipment-related issues)
  • Experience working with enzymes and peptides
  • Experience in method development and method transfer
  • Experience with six sigma, 5S principles
Responsibilities:

As a member of Process Development, the primary goal of the position is to:

  • Characterize proteins, VLPs and constituent components with a variety of analytical techniques
  • Participate in/drive fermentation and/or purification of proteins/VLPs at lab and pilot scale
  • Provide support for execution of process development activities and manufacturing investigations
  • Perform laboratory scale studies
  • Design and troubleshoot experiments
  • Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Author laboratory notebooks and technical documents
  • Work both independently and within multidisciplinary team
  • Produce high quality work against firm deadlines
  • Maintain good sample handling practices
  • Balance and prioritize competing deliverables
  • Commit to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
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