Scientist - Translational Immunology

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.

Scientist - Translational Immunology
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What you will do

Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will independently conduct immune-related safety assessment experiments to support pipeline programs at Amgen.

• Design, perform and analyze in vitro immune cell-based assays to support safety assessment of Amgen's Oncology, Inflammation, Cardiometabolic, Rare Disease, and Biosimilar pipeline programs
  
• Perform a wide range of immunological techniques, including isolation and treatment of primary immune cells to analyze various endpoints, mixed lymphocyte reaction assays, multiparametric flow cytometry, and ELISA/MSD/Luminex
  
• Support the development and validation of new immunological assays and novel technology to assess potential safety liabilities across therapeutic areas and modalities
  
• Perform literature-based evaluations to contribute to project development and assay design
  
• Function as part of a highly collaborative team, possess excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills and demonstrate the ability to produce reliable and reproducible data
  
• Present research findings to Translational Safety colleagues and across functional teams
  

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a scientist with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:

• Recent PhD or MD in the field of immunology
  

Or

• Master's degree with 3+ years of research experience in the field of immunology
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• The candidate is expected to have basic immunology training and strong cellular immunology and cell culture technical skills
  
• The candidate should be able to independently initiate and drive projects, and intellectually contribute to project development
  
• In vitro experience with cultured cell lines, western blotting, RNA/DNA isolation is preferred
  
• The candidate has demonstrated a track record of independent critical thinking and scientific achievement in the area of immunology
  

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 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.

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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