Associate Scientist II, Biologics Drug Product Development

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

The Biologics Drug Product Development group within AbbVie is a global organization responsible for developing and characterizing drug product formulations and manufacturing processes for biologic therapeutics (antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), neurotoxins, and novel biologic formats) from preclinical development through clinical proof of concept. We have an exciting opportunity available for an Associate Scientist II to join our team at our Bay Area site in South San Francisco, CA. This is a lab-based position and requires fulltime on-site presence. Successful candidates will thrive in a collaborative lab environment.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Own & support stability / in-use / process studies: work within the process operations team to fill development drug product batches for GLP toxicology studies, reference standard fills, and representative drug product batches. Develop skills to plan and execute screening, in-use, and formulation stability studies to support formulation and process development for clinical trials.
• Perform analytical assays & support troubleshooting: conduct analytical assays to evaluate protein and excipients stability (i.e.  HPLC/UPLC, SEC, CEX, CE‑SDS, icIEF, UV-Vis, CD, Karl Fischer titration, HIAC, MFI). Generate high-quality data to support selection of formulation composition, development of dose administration guidance, and drug product manufacturing instructions. Develop the skills to independently troubleshoot assays and instruments to ensure consistent quality data output.
• Analyze & communicate results: analyze study results, organize and document the results in a