Scientist
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Career Category Scientific Job Description HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION? You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role. Scientist Live What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be an integral member of the Discovery Protein Science team in the Biologic Therapeutic Discovery organization. You are expected to focus on membrane protein drug targets, drive the science through hands-on lab work and implementation of enabling technologies to advance the Amgen pipeline. Responsibilities:
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced work environment for LM/SM drug discovery of membrane protein targets across diverse therapeutic areas at Amgen;
- Apply expertise in membrane protein research to advance pipeline programs in various discovery and development stages;
- Design and implement tailored strategies for recombinant production of complex membrane proteins to enable hit identification, validation and lead optimization.
- Strong experience in protein modeling and structure-function analysis, you will lead the effort in high throughput membrane protein engineering, expression, screening and collectively drive innovative science and technology development in the membrane protein science arena;
- Maintain detailed records and present regular updates to the project teams as well as scientific findings externally
- New PhD or PhD with Post Doc experience in protein research
- Proven scientific understanding and hands-on experience in membrane protein purification, formulation and characterization
- Experience in protein expression in E. coli, yeast, insect cells or mammalian cells
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock-based long-term incentives
- Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
- Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible