Job Title: Downstream Bioprocess Associate
Location: West Point, PA 19486
Duration: 12 Months
Pay Rate: $36.95/hr on W2
Join the Vaccine Process Development Team in utilizing various purification techniques and characterization methods to support commercial and bench-scale vaccine and adjuvant process development. This role involves collaborating with multiple teams to integrate process, formulation, and analytical principles while developing processes and transferring them to the biologics pilot plant for Phase 1-3 clinical material production.
✅ Hands-on experience with adjuvant and LNP processing (preferred).
✅ Experience with tangential flow filtration (TFF) processing – microfiltration/ultrafiltration.
✅ Strong scientific understanding of downstream bioprocess purification for large complex molecules.
✅ Technical knowledge of bioprocess scaling principles.
✅ Proficiency in wet chemistry laboratory techniques (pipetting, buffer preparation, filtration, dilution, stoichiometry).
✅ Experience documenting laboratory records (lab notebooks, chemical inventory, data management).
✅ Strong collaboration, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities.
✅ Ability to interpret and present data effectively.
✔ Experience with analytical instrumentation (plate readers, densitometers, thermocyclers, cIEF, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC/UPLC systems).
✔ Previous work in GMP and GLP environments.
✔ Hands-on industry experience in laboratory operations.
✔ Experience in laboratory-scale process characterization studies.
✔ Strong troubleshooting skills (experimental and equipment-related).
✔ Knowledge of method development and method transfer.