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Research Associate

Primary Talent Partners
West Point, PA Contractor
POSTED ON 10/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/13/2026

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Engineer - I (Assistant) to join our pharmaceutical client in West Point, PA. This is a 12-month contract to start with the potential for extensions. 


Pay: $33.00 - $43.00/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.


Description:
Experience and Skills
  • Experience working with adjuvant and LNP processing a plus
  • Experience working with tangential flow filtration processing - microfiltration/ultrafiltration
  • Comfortable in a lab environment.
  • Scientific understanding of downstream bioprocess purification processes.
  • Scientific understanding of purification operations of large complex molecules.
  • Technical understanding of bioprocess scaling principles
  • Wet chemistry laboratory skills (pipetting, buffer preparation, filtration, dilution, stoichiometry)
  • Proficiency with technical writing and laboratory records (laboratory notebooks, chemical inventory, data management)
  • Excellent collaborative and team-working skills
  • Strong technical problem-solving abilities, data interpretation and presentation competence

Preferred Experience and Skills:
  • BS in Science, Engineering, or related field heavily preferred.
  • Experience working with analytical instrumentation (plate readers, densitometers, thermocyclers, cIEF, UV/Vis spectrophotometers, HPLC/ UPLC systems)
  • Experience with laboratory operations
  • Experience working in an industry environments
  • Experience conducting laboratory scale process characterization studies
  • Experience troubleshooting technical issues (experimental, equipment-related issues)
  • Experience in method development and method transfer
  • Experience working in GMP and GLP environments

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at info@primarytalentpartners.com

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Salary : $33 - $43

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