Job Title: Research Associate II

Job Description

Research Associate in the Formulation Development department will participate in the development of both liquid and lyophilized vaccine formulations to support product development from initial candidate screening through commercialization. This position is expected to be a leader in laboratory duties among other research associates and exhibit some independence in study execution.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop, characterize, and evaluate formulations for preclinical and early clinical studies in solid and liquid product presentations. (30%)
• Perform rapid, comprehensive characterization of candidate drug products to determine the physicochemical properties of the drug product and evaluate them for further drug development programs including ELISA, SRID, AUC, CD, Fluorescence spectroscopy, DSC, ITC, UV/Vis spectroscopy, FTIR, SLS and HPLC. (35%)
• Assist in the development and scale-up of drug product processes from bench top to pilot scale and technology transfers. (10%)
• Provide support to formulate small and large scale lots of liquid, frozen or lyophilized drug substance/product samples. (5%)
• Assist in the development of formulation studies and design protocols. (5%)
• Project management of other research associates in support of the larger drug development project. (5%)
• Write technical reports and applicable SOPs. (5%)
• Responsible for preparing data summary presentations, compiling data, and authorizing technical reports. (5%)

Hard Skills

• Formulation
• Product Development
• Quality by Design
• Design of Experiment (DOE)

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Independence
• Project Management
• Technical Writing

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Work Environment

Lab, and office