Job Description Downstream Scientist
Why Patients Need You
Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer’s purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.
What You Will Achieve
As a Purification Scientist, you will be at the center of our operations and you’ll find that everything we do, every day, is in line with an unwavering commitment to quality. You will provide science and technology expertise in the disciplines of purification sciences for the development and optimization of protein and vaccine manufacturing processes.
You will help Pfizer develop new and improved processes used in the research and development of our drugs. Your innovative mindset will help us develop economical, efficient and safe chemical manufacture of experimental and active drug materials. Your significant experience of applying knowledge of principles, concepts, and practices of the discipline will make you a critical member of the team. You are proactive in contributing to all team discussions and creating an environment of collaboration.
It is your innovative scientific temperament that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
•Contribute to achievement of immediate work group goals and collaborate with other team members.
•Develop and optimise robust purification processes for the purification of proteins and vaccine products via experimental investigations at scales of 5-750 L (upstream production scale). Current technologies used include all modes of chromatography (Ion Exchange, Affinity, Size Exclusion etc.) and filtration (normal/tangential flow).
•Apply knowledge of protein structure and conformation, colloid science, chromatography (principles/methods/materials), physical chemistry of molecular interactions at interfaces, mass transfer principles, membrane & filtration science to purification process development projects.
•Collaborate closely with analytical scientists who work on the characterization of proteins and vaccines during process development studies.
•Provide technical guidance and leadership within the purification laboratory. Technical guidance includes direction of laboratory investigational studies, process and experimental design and new technology development.
•Provide technical support to Drug Substance Technical Services when required during investigations, new process introduction or change implementation in commercial manufacturing operations. Technical support may involve trouble-shooting manufacturing-scale process problems through experimental investigations at laboratory scales of operation.
•Independently plan and perform work assignments, interpret and present data.
Qualifications
Must-Have
•BEng / BSc / MSc / PhD in Biotechnology / Chemical Engineering / Biochemical Engineering or other related disciplines
•Technical fields of experience preferably to include specific knowledge and practical experience of large molecule bio processing and separation sciences gained at a minimum at BEng or BSc level or through work experience
•0-3+ years of directly relevant experience in the biopharmaceutical industry
•Ability to perform complex data analysis and work in a team environment
•Strong working knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry principles
•Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, plan and carry out experiments independently, and work with complex instrumentation and software
•Excellent oral and written communication skills
•Strong analytical and computer skills
Nice-to-Have
•Experience in designing and executing components of experimental programs in the laboratory.
•Familiar with problem-solving, risk analysis and statistical tools