Research Scientist Biologics

Research Scientist Biologics

Proteros Biostructures

Munich, Germany

Your mission

• Contribution to multidisciplinary teams with own scientific expertise to achieve corporate and customer goals of challenging drug discovery projects within biologics early drug development;
• Establishing and managing research projects as project scientist including independent planning and execution of research projects;
• Development, execution, and optimization of protein productions for downstream applications (fit-for-purpose);
• Characterization and evaluation of drug candidates by state of the art biochemical and biophysical methods;
• Evaluation of new technology/equipment to constantly improve biologics platform;
• Preparation of all relevant project documentation (i.e. project plans, SOPs, scientific presentations, technical reports), their review and training;
• Presentation of the scientific results as well as convincing and confident communication of the content to colleagues, customers, and business partners.

Your profile

• PhD in biochemistry or related field with an excellent proven track record;
• Ideally 1-2 years working experience in the pharmaceutical industry regarding the development of protein therapeutics;
• Good acquaintance with transient protein expression in mammalian cell culture, purification process optimization and in-depth physicochemical characterization (i.e. using HPLC methods) of antibody-based candidates;
• Strong acquaintance regarding rational construct design, protein expression (mammalian, insect, bacterial), chromatographic purification techniques, purification process optimization and protein characterization methods;
• Experience with non-antibody-based biologics as asset;
• Hands-on mentality with a problem-solving mindset and attention to details;
• Great interest in scientific project management;
• Experience with industry-standard operational management tools such as LIMS systems;
• Independent, service-oriented way of working, with an outstanding team spirit and excellent organization and communication skills.