R&D Technician, High Throughput Antibody Production

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Biotherapeutics and Genetic Medicine at AbbVie is seeking a highly motivated and creative research scientist to join a dynamic team supporting biologics drug discovery. In this role, you will impact projects by leveraging automation technologies to generate and characterize therapeutic proteins. You will develop and then apply the skills required to generate proteins and the corresponding data packages.

A typical production campaign will entail mammalian tissue culture, protein purification, standard chromatography techniques, protein characterization (e.g., MS, SEC), and binding assays (e.g., ELISA and flow cytometry). Our scientists are cross trained, and we strive to cultivate a learning environment to help hone the required techniques. Outside of the lab, you should be comfortable analyzing, documenting and reporting data. As part of the day-to-day, you’ll present results and ideas to teammates and collaborators. Overall, we hope this can be an exciting opportunity for you to grow with our team while making an impact through biotherapeutic discovery.

Qualifications

Educational background:

• Associate’s degree with 0-2 Years of Experience.

Required skills:

• Proficiency with mammalian cell culture, aseptic technique and transfections is essential.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Curiosity and keen ability to engage internal and external scientific leaders in collaborative research.
• An ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with excellent organization and communication skills.
• Efficient in multi-tasking and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred skills:

• Experience with protein purification and analytical characterization techniques (e.g., SEC, MS).
• Experience with molecular biology techniques (PCR, molecular cloning).
• An understanding of protein structure and function.
• Exposure to automation technologies (TECAN, Hamilton) is a plus.

Significant Work Activities and Conditions:

• Build strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of the team to enable higher performance.
• Learns fast, grasps the “essence” and can change the course quickly where indicated.
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.
• Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day).

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

  
  

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

  
  

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

  
  

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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