Scientist

South San Francisco, California

Planet Pharma
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Position Summary

Looking for a Scientist to join the Technical Development department expand its biologics based pipeline. The hired scientist will develop physicochemical analytical methods (HPLC, CE, LC/MS), perform extensive characterization on both early and late stage molecules for orphan diseases, and support process and formulation development through routine testing. This position is primarily for biologics and prior experience is required.


Responsibilities

  • You will develop analytical methods, support extended characterization studies for biologics based therapeutics
  • Support process and formulation development by providing analytical testing results.
  • You will work closely with team members in analytical development and quality control, as well as other functions such as Manufacturing, CMC team, Project Development and Regulatory, to ensure the timely development, validation, testing and release of materials to be used to support clinical activities
  • Author and review protocols, technical reports, and method SOPs.
  • Contribute to laboratory and manufacturing investigations, develop and execute experiments in the laboratory as needed
  • Collaborate effectively with other functions, including process development, manufacturing, quality control, quality assurance, manufacturing, regulatory affairs etc
  • Maintain lab safety
  • Maintain lab equipment and reagents.

Requirements

  • PhD and 2-5 years OR MS and 4-8 years OR BS and 6-12 years of relevant industry experience
  • Experience with HPLC/UPLC's, CE and iCIEF analytical methods and instrumentation
  • Experience of state-of-the-art analytical technologies for biologics such as HPLC (various modes and detections), CE-SDS, icIEF, LC-MS, peptide map, glycan map, disulfide map, DSC, FT-IR, CD, fluorescence spectroscopy, particle analysis
  • Self-motivated with high attention to details, ability to analyze, summarize and present data and significant conclusions to key stakeholders and decision makers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with vendors regarding project scope, scientific results, and project updates. Ability to engage collaboratively with CMC functions and external testing laboratories

Date Posted: 02 May 2025
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