Associate Scientist II - Pilot Lab Cell Culture

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

The candidate will be working in the pilot scale facility supporting AbbVie’s Biologics Development and Manufacturing business. The candidate will join the cell culture team and will primarily be responsible for supporting upstream activities (i.e. cell culture), but may also support downstream activities (i.e. capture/purification) and in a limited capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generation of GLP-tox drug substance/intermediate to support preclinical activities
• Evaluation, development, and implementation of novel manufacturing technologies (e.g. perfusion cell-culture, continuous processing, process intensification, PAT, etc.)
• Scale-up and tech transfer of biological processes to GMP production
• Author, review, and execution of GLP batch records
• Communicate project status with wider team
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding code of conduct, safety, appropriate handling of materials, controlled drug and radioactive compounds, and GxP compliance

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent education, in relevant field (Biology, Chem Engineering, etc.) with typically 3 or more years’ experience or Master’s Degree or equivalent education (no additional experience).
• Strong problem-solving skills, scientific acumen, critical thinking, and attention to detail
• Theoretical and practical knowledge to carry out job function.
• Previous experience with cell culture preferred.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.