Scientist, Downstream – Biologics Drug Substance Commercialization
Merck · West Point, PA +1 more
CMCFull-time$87k–$137kCompany career page
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Role summary
Merck seeks a scientist to lead downstream processing experiments and support commercialization of biologics drug substances. The role combines lab-scale process development, pilot-scale work, and manufacturing facility support for monoclonal antibody products.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or equivalent discipline
- 2+ years downstream processing experience with monoclonal antibodies or similar biologics
- Hands-on expertise with membrane filtration, chromatography, ultrafiltration, and viral clearance unit operations
- Mechanistic understanding of downstream processing separation sciences
- Independent experimental execution meeting quality and timeline standards
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail
What you'll be doing
- Execute hands-on experiments in lab-scale process characterization, pilot-scale development, and scale-up/scale-down modeling
- Support commercial manufacturing teams during facility start-up and in-line operations as process sciences representative
- Author and review technical documents for Process Performance Qualification and regulatory licensure submissions
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