Principal Scientist

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Job Description

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. 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.  

Principal Scientist 

What you will do 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will apply your knowledge and skills to perform analytical development of late-stage biological therapeutics.  In your daily work you will: 

• Interface and collaborate with other functional areas in matrix environment, serving as analytical subject matter expert to support and advise design of characterization studies, data analysis and investigations. 

• Provide analytical testing support to functions including but not limited to Drug Substance Technologies, Quality, and Manufacturing 

• Leverage latest advances in protein analytics to develop, optimize, troubleshoot, remediate, qualify, validate and transfer analytical methods 

• Design and execute analytical studies to support process and product characterization for late stage development products utilizing protein chemistry, separation sciences and mass spectrometry 

• Interpret results, author technical protocols, reports, analytical method descriptions and analytical CMC sections in regulatory documents 

• Lead project teams and/or project sub-teams to meet program goals 

• Provide expertise and evaluation of Amgen’s platform and analytical technologies, helping to drive innovation and efficiency within Process Development. 

What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Scientific professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.  

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of Scientific experience; Or 

• Master’s degree and 5 years of Scientific experience; Or 

• Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD and 2 years of Scientific experience 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Advanced degree in Analytical Chemistry or related area with extensive experience performing independent scientific research 

• Four or more years of experience in pharmaceutical process development with related experience in analytical support, execution of methods, and investigational testing. 

• Strong and in-depth expertise in multiple analytical techniques (