Research Associate, Formulation Development (Contract)

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong><em>Attention recruitment agencies:</em></strong><em> All agency inquiries are vetted through 4DMT’s internal Talent Acquisition team. No unsolicited resumes will be accepted. The 4DMT Talent Acquisition team must expressly engage agencies on any requisition. Agencies contacting hiring managers directly will not be tolerated, and doing so may impact your ability to work with 4DMT in the future.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>4DMT is a leading late-stage biotechnology company advancing durable and disease-targeted therapeutics with potential to transform treatment paradigms and provide unprecedented benefits to patients. The Company’s lead product candidate 4D-150 is designed to be a backbone therapy forming the foundation of treatment of blinding retinal vascular diseases by providing multi-year sustained delivery of anti-VEGF (aflibercept and anti-VEGF-C) with a single, safe, intravitreal injection, which substantially reduces the treatment burden associated with current bolus injections. The Company’s lead indication for 4D-150 is wet age-related macular degeneration, which is currently in Phase 3 development, and second indication is diabetic macular edema. The Company’s second product candidate is 4D-710, which is the first known genetic medicine to demonstrate successful delivery and expression of the CFTR transgene in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis after aerosol delivery</p></div><p><strong><u>GENERAL SUMMARY</u></strong></p> <p>4DMT is seeking a motivated Research Associate, Formulation Development (Contract) to support pre-formulation and formulation development activities for biologic products. This role reports to the Principal Scientist, Process Development. This contract role requires onsite, lab-based work five days per week in Emeryville, California. Primary responsibilities include formulation screening, accelerated stability, forced degradation, material/device compatibility and formulation analytics. Requisites include a B.S. degree, a willingness to learn, good communication skills and a general enthusiasm for science.</p> <p><strong><u>MAJOR DUTIES &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES:</u></strong></p> <ul> <li>Execute high-throughput, plate-based formulation screening, including formulation preparation, stability studies, sample testing, data analysis, and documentation.</li> <li>Support prefilled-syringe and other container/device compatibility assessments.</li> <li>Formulation analytics including but not limited to Size-Exclusion Multi-Angle Light Scattering, Differential Scanning Fluorimetry, Dynamic Light Scattering, pH and osmo testing.</li> <li>Collaboration with Upstream PD, Downstream PD and AD/QC</li> </ul> <p><strong><u>QUALIFICA