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Research
Job Description
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.
Senior Associate Scientist – Inflammation/Immunology
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What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. Amgen Inflammation Research Team is seeking a Senior Associate Scientist to conduct in vitro and preclinical studies to support discovering and validating new targets related to autoimmune diseases. In this vital role, you will explore new area of research, innovate new technologies, act as an integral member of our discovery research team, collaborate with scientists in multi-functional areas at Amgen, and contribute to Amgen’s drug development pipeline and to publications and patents. You will perform in vitro cell-based assays and in vivo studies that provide preclinical evidence for a new and exciting modality targeting inflammatory pathways associated with autoimmunity disorders**.**
Position Responsibilities
- Enable the discovery, validation, and mechanistic understanding of signaling pathways to be further translated into a new treatment for autoimmune diseases.
- Independently design, perform and analyze laboratory experiments, including assay development, optimization, and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with team members within and outside of the department to design, conduct and analyze mouse model studies
- Contribute to technology development by proposing and evaluating models and new experimental approaches
- Present data in department and team meetings
- Contribute to external presentations, including posters and manuscripts
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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 Immunology or Inflammation experience
Or
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Immunology or Inflammation experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree and 5 years of experience or PhD with a research focus in Inflammation and Immunology
- Experience with mouse models.
- Experience with cell culture and cell-based assays.
- Experience with molecular biology (CRISPR is highly desired)
- Experience with multi-panel flow cytometry
- Demonstrated independence in critical thinking and scientific achievement, such as through significant contributions to manuscripts or poster presentations. (First author publication is a differential)
- Knowledge immunology and signaling pathways
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver results to meet timelines
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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:
- 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 and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns
- Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible
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Salary Range
115,991.00 USD - 132,873.00 USD
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About the company
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
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