Scientist 2 - Pharmaceutical Development

Location: South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Salary: $92,600–$172,000 annually, plus potential discretionary annual bonus

Company

hirify.global, a member of the Roche Group, develops innovative medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases.

What you will do

• Develop and support parenteral drug product processes, including freeze/thaw, mixing, filtration, filling, lyophilization, and sterilization.
• Design small-scale models to understand process mechanisms and reduce scale-up risks.
• Execute development and qualification studies, technology transfers, and investigations of new technologies.
• Perform hands-on process development and troubleshooting at laboratory, pilot-plant, and commercial scales.
• Author, review, and approve technical, development, validation, manufacturing, regulatory, and GMP documentation.
• Collaborate with formulation scientists, device engineers, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, commercial, and project leadership groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, bioengineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Ability to apply chemical engineering, chemistry, and biology principles to drug product processes.
• Hands-on experience with protein processing, laboratory techniques, and instrumentation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of GMP documentation principles, applicable standards, industry guidance, and regulatory statutes.

Nice to have

• Biopharmaceutical industry experience.
• Expertise in large-molecule parenteral drug product process development.
• Experience implementing processes in a clinical or commercial manufacturing facility.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with benefits.
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Relocation benefits are not available for this position.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided.