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Every day, Kelly Services connects professionals with opportunities to advance their careers. We currently have an exciting full time, six month contract opportunity for a Biochemical Engineer with one of our top clients in Cambridge, MA.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for developing purification processes for manufacturing novel viral vaccine candidates for toxicology studies and Phase I/II/III clinical trials.
Execute experiments in close collaboration with Research and Technology Development team to establish Phase I-III clinical manufacturing process.
Perform activities in support of definition of bulk purification processes for novel viral vaccine candidates (virus/virus-like particles, recombinant proteins).
Prepare technology development study protocols and reports in support of process transfer and regulatory documents.
Work independently on purification and analytical techniques on a daily basis: chromatography, ultrafiltration, centrifugation, SDS-PAGE, AKTA / HPLC.
Design experiments to optimize unit operations for high process performance .
Present results to colleagues at internal department and project meetings.
Summarize data and write technical report for executed experiments.
Qualifications:
B.S. or M.S. required in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering or Biological Sciences.
M.S. with 3-5 years experience or B.S. with 5-8 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology or related life sciences industry. For fresh graduates, internship experience in a life-sciences industry is highly desirable. At least 1 year of exposure to purification techniques in research/development labs is required.
Prior knowledge of purification processes and process separation technologies (chromatography, filtration/ultra-filtration, centrifugation, etc.) is highly desirable.
Demonstrated laboratory skills in the purification technologies including associated analytical methods is a strong plus.
Some experience in application of Design of Experiments and other statistical techniques is a strong plus.
Must be a self-starter, be able to work with minimal supervision.
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