BioLegend, Inc. (a PerkinElmer Company) develops world-class, cutting-edge antibodies and reagents for biomedical research, manufactured in our state-of-the-art facility in San Diego, CA. Our mission is to accelerate research and discovery by providing the highest quality products at an outstanding value, along with superior customer service and technical support. Our product expertise covers a diverse set of research areas including Immunology, Neuroscience, Cancer, Stem cells, and Cell Biology.

In 2021, PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, acquired BioLegend. The acquisition, the largest in PerkinElmer’s history, further expands the Company’s life science franchise into high-growth areas such as cytometry, proteogenomics, multiplex assays, recombinant proteins, magnetic cell separation and bioprocessing.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for manufacturing recombinant protein & antibody products through mammalian and insect cell cultures. The duties include preparing buffer solutions and cell culture media, maintaining cell lines, running production cultures, and purifying recombinant proteins/antibodies according to standard operating procedures. Other job responsibilities include preparing DNA, planning production runs, harvesting and processing cultures, and troubleshooting. The biochemist position level and compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and abilities.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintain mammalian and insect cell cultures
• Transfect/transduce cells and manage production runs
• Purify recombinant proteins & antibodies by affinity chromatography
• Prepare various buffers and reagents for experiments while maintaining general upkeep of the lab
• Maintain batch records and other documentation in compliance with ISO13485:2016
• Effectively work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment with many projects
• Other projects or responsibilities as may be required.

iACT Competencies

• innovate – Be better, keep improving, be more efficient, creative, and be in the forefront of development
• Aspire – Have desire, purpose, and ambition challenging ourselves to push the limits and reach new heights
• Collaborate – Foster teamwork, common goals, selflessness, communication and mutual support
• Transform – Adapt, learn, re-invent and change for future development and growth

Minimum Qualifications – Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, or other related area
• 0-2+ years of cell culturing and maintaining mammalian or insect cells

Preferred Qualifications – Education and Experience

• 2+ years of recombinant protein & antibody production experience in a manufacturing setting
• Experience in troubleshooting and determining root cause analysis
• Proven ability to train and lead junior members of the team
• Capable of working cross-functionally with other departments and coordinating projects internally and externally

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work at BioLegend in San Diego, California is $26.44 to $30.41(hourly). The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. BioLegend is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

Lab

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a laboratory environment with occasional data entry on a computer. Occasional exposure to a warehouse environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, talk and hear.