Molecular Biologist (Ngs) Jobs

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Molecular Biologist (NGS)

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will a part of Amgen’s Induced Proximity Platform (IPP) organization. IPP is seeking a motivated scientist to contribute to the discovery and development of new therapeutic modalities in both protein and RNA space. In this role, you will focus on various sequencing-based technologies to drive the understanding of MOA, selectivity, and toxicity and to advance Amgen’s drug discovery pipeline.

You will work collaboratively with researchers across multiple functions within the IPP department and broadly across the Therapeutics Discovery organization. The successful candidate will also work with external partners and contract research organizations (CROs) and have the opportunity to present work at national and international conferences.

Primary Responsibilities

• Independently set project goals and timelines, design, perform and analyze experiments, interact with team members across different departments and research sites and communicate and present data to department leadership.
• Participate in the scientific community through conference presentations and impactful publications.
• Serve as subject matter of expertise and contribute to hypothesis-driven experimental design, execution, optimization, and documentation of research activities.
• Develop and optimize various sequencing-based technologies.

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The qualified professional we seek is a Scientist with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 3 years of relevant scientific experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant scientific experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic understanding of NGS analysis is preferred.
• Attention to details and independent problem-solving skills.
• Strong molecular biology understanding and hands-on experience including but not limited to various PCR applications, primer design, qPCR, ddPCR, mutagenesis and reporter construction etc.
• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills
• Experience in mammalian cell cultures, cell line maintenance, transfection, stable line generation, and characterization.
• Hands-on and routine operation, troubleshooting and maintenance of bench top sequencers, such as MiSeq and/or iSeq is required.
• Extensive hands-on experience in developing, optimizing and improving various NGS applications, including but not limited to RNA-seq, amplicon-seq, CRISPR screening and mutation profiling. Deep understanding and experience with various sequencing libraries construction, QC and quantification is required.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $115,991-132,873.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• 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.
• Stock-based long-term incentives

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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.

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If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancers, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

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 but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

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, or disability status.

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.