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Process Development Sr Associate

BioSpace
Thousand Oaks, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/2/2026
Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like youre part of something bigger, its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.

Since 1980, weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, youll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Process Development Sr Associate

Duties:Support the development, characterization and scale up of cell culture and protein purification operations to enable commercial manufacturing advancement by conducting experiments, analyzing data, and documenting results. Work closely with senior scientists and engineers to implement process improvements. Support development of early phase cell culture,recoveryand purification processes for Amgens large molecule expansion through production bioreactor, harvest, clarification, chromatography, and/or filtration technologies as well as completing virus clearance studies.Identify,developand implement solutions to practical problems throughapplicationof fundamental scientific and engineering principles.

Requirements:Employer will accept aMasters Degree in Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Microbiology or related field and completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, thesis, or one year of experience in the following:

  • Cell culture principles, cell metabolism profiles, protein chromatography,filtrationand UF/DF operations to perform small scale bioprocess experiments that encompass both upstream (cell culture) and downstream (purification)operations;
  • Experience with mammalian cell culture tomaintainand scale up cell culture in shake flasks, culturebagsand bench top bioreactors; 3. Experience with purification operations to run bench-top chromatography columns to generate purified antibodyproduct;
  • Identifyand solve problems by applying scientific and engineeringprinciples;
  • Design of experiments and statistical analysis of data and programming in JMP, R, or Pythonenvironments;
  • Experience with automation efforts to enable high throughput technologies for accelerated process development


Contact:Interested candidatesplease apply viahttps://careers.amgen.com/en/search-jobsandsearch for job#R-243909

Job type:Full Time position. The annual salary for this position in the U.S. is$96,605.00 $119,055.00per year. Also, this position offers stock, retirement, medical, life and disability insurance and eligibility for an annual bonus or for sales roles, otherincentive compensation. For more detailsvisithttps://careers.amgen.com/life-at-amgen/benefits/

What You Can Expect Of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, well support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In Addition To The Base Salary, Amgen Offers a Total Rewards Plan, Based On Eligibility, Comprising Of Health And Welfare Plans For Staff And Eligible Dependents, Financial Plans With Opportunities To Save Towards Retirement Or Other Goals, Work/life Balance, And Career Development Opportunities That May Include

  • A 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
  • Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible


Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Salary : $119,055

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