Research Scientist

Payrate: $39.04 - $39.04/hr.


Summary:
As a team member in the Nucleic Acid Delivery, Formulations & Bioanalysis department, you will support a collaborative, multinational effort focused on advancing synthetic, non-viral nanomedicines. This laboratory-based role will contribute to the formulation, characterization, and evaluation of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) systems for nucleic acid delivery, supporting platform development and preclinical research activities through internal and external collaborations.


Responsibilities

• Formulate and characterize nucleic acid-loaded LNPs at small to mid-scale using microfluidics, with attention to reproducibility, scalability, product quality, and consistency.
• Conduct stability studies to evaluate and improve LNP formulation, including assessment of critical formulation parameters for optimizing stability of drug product.
• Support ligand conjugation to LNPs, including targeted LNPs, and assist with advanced analytical characterization methods.
• Execute in vitro assays, including mammalian cell culture, potency, uptake, and viability assays, as applicable.
• Plan, execute, document, and analyze experiments with appropriate scientific rigor and attention to detail.
• Communicate results clearly through internal presentations, written summaries, reports, and team discussions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with approximately 3 years of relevant experience, or PhD with 1-3 years of relevant experience, in pharmaceutical sciences, chemical engineering, bioengineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience may include a combination of industry and academic work and should include some of the following:
  • Hands-on experience formulating LNPs at small to mid-scale using microfluidics.
  • Experience with analytical characterization methods, such as dynamic light scattering, fluorescence-based nucleic acid assays, chromatography, or related techniques.
  • Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture and cell-based assays highly desirable.
  • Ability to independently follow laboratory procedures, maintain accurate records, and operate within established equipment and laboratory SOPs.

Skills

• Experience with laboratory automation or high-throughput workflows is desirable.
• Experience preparing scientific reports, presentations, or publications is highly desirable.

Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $39.04 - $39.04/hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.


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