Associate Scientist II

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose:

We are looking for a scientist with a chemistry background to join our cross-functional team. This role will work within a team of scientists to operate our proprietary maskless array instrumentation to synthesize peptides.

Responsibilities:

• Uses laboratory techniques including pipetting, reconstituting reagents, calculating concentrations, dilutions, and weighing raw materials, to complete instrument setup and post-processing of arrays or peptides
• Runs instrumentation including proprietary MAS units, HPLC, Lyophilizer, Traditional peptide synthesizers, Centrifuge, Rotovap
• Uses existing SOP's to perform standardized activities, recommends changes and improvements as necessary
• Maintains complete and accurate lab notebook records of procedures performed.
• Troubleshoots problems and recommends corrective action
• Reviews array/LCMS QC results to make calls on pass/fail for arrays and peptides
• Prepares and reviews technical reports, SOP's, summaries, and quantitative analyses that detail procedures, observations, and results
• Experience with organic synthesis and reagent preparation
• Provide technical service for systems as assigned: including troubleshooting, and daily monitoring for potential issues and/or improvements.
• Identify and evaluate problematic issues and help implement and communicate solutions.
  Assist operations in the process of troubleshooting to determine potential impacts on production and facility systems.
• Participate and/or assist engineers in the design of process equipment or systems for optimal performance. Assist in the start-up of new and troubleshoot existing faciliti