Engineer I -(Assistant)
Location: Elkton, VA
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Pay Rate: $34.64/hr
SHIFT- 3-2-3 Day/Night 6a-6pm, 6p-6a rotating shift schedule
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
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.
Quals.
Education Minimum Requirement:
A bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline (biochemistry, chemistry, biology), life sciences, Engineering
Required Experience and Skills
• TOP**Experience 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)
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)