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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

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Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our clients to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Within our Analytical Services team, we have a functional service provider solution, which is an outstanding partnership that allows our customers to use the experience of our staff, while allowing you, the employee, to gain direct experience working onsite at a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical company, all while maintaining full-time benefits. This is an onsite position located in Wilmington, DE

A Day in the life:

• Perform or aid in purification process development, optimization, and scale-up manufacturing

• Conduct protein purification to support formulation team’s material needs and cell culture development

• Perform routine analyses of in-process samples using relevant product purity and process impurity analytical tools

• Prepare buffers and solutions needed for laboratory work

• Present work summary in a weekly group meeting

• Write routine electronic laboratory notebook entries

• Other responsibilities as assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Basic knowledge in protein chemistry and bioprocessing

• Basic knowledge and preferably hands-on experiences in various types of column/membrane chromatography (affinity, size exclusion, ion exchanges, multi-mode) and filtration technology

• Experience in protein analysis such as HPLC, ELISA, pH/Conductivity/A280 Concentration testing, etc. is preferred

• Hands-on experience or basic knowledge of Ultrafiltration/Diafiltration experimentation and TFF systems is preferred

• Inventory management skills preferred

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Organized, collaborative, independent, meticulous

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in in Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or Biological Sciences, or other related degree concentration, or equivalent directly-related experience

• 0-2 years of directly related industry experience is equivalent to one full-time year of college in related major)

• Ability to work weekends and overnight hours as needed

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our 4i Values:

Integrity – Innovation – Intensity – Involvement

If you resonate with our 4i values above, and ultimately wish to accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics for some of the world’s most urgent health needs, submit your application – we’d love to hear from you!