Engineer I

Engineer /Scientist
12 months
Elkton, VA 22827
SHIFT- 3-2-3 Day/Night 6a-6pm, 6p-6a rotating shift schedule

Qualifications:
Education Minimum Requirement:
A bachelors degree in a relevant scientific discipline (biochemistry, chemistry, biology), life sciences, Engineering

Required Experience and Skills
TOPExperience with Bio Reactor and or Micro fermentation experience. Any automation (delta v system) experience great asset. Aseptic technique experience
Wet chemistry laboratory skills (pipetting, buffer preparation, filtration, dilution, stoichiometry)
Proficiency with technical writing and laboratory records (laboratory notebooks, chemical inventory, data management)
Excellent collaborative and team-working skills
Strong technical problem-solving abilities, data interpretation and presentation competence
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Experience performing fermentation or cell culture studies at the labs scale
Experience performing fermentation or cell culture studies using shake flasks
Knowledge of yeast fermentation and metabolism
Experience with laboratory operations
Experience with facility operations
Experience working in an industry environment
Experience conducting laboratory scale process characterization studies
Experience troubleshooting technical issues (experimental, equipment-related issues)

Responsibilities:
As a member of Process Development, the primary goal of the position is to:
Participate in/drive fermentation and/or purification of proteins/VLPs at lab and pilot scale
Provide support for execution of process development activities and manufacturing investigations
Perform laboratory scale studies
Design and troubleshoot experiments
Employ excellent verbal and written communication skills
Author laboratory notebooks and technical documents
Work both independently and within multidisciplinary team
Produce high quality work against firm deadlines
Maintain good sample handling practices
Balance and prioritize competing deliverables
Commit to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
This position will report to the Technical Operations Department and will support the manufacture of HPV Gardasil as part of a multidisciplinary team, the candidate will have a fundamental knowledge of fermentation and cell culture, protein chemistry and purification, analytical techniques and/or laboratory operations.
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