Research Scientist – Bioanalytics/SPR

Overview

In this role, you contribute to the Biologics Research Center’s mission to discover and develop biologic therapeutics across multiple disease areas. You will develop and apply Biacore SPR methods to characterize antibody binding and activity, and you’ll expand into cell-based binding analyses. You work within a collaborative Bioanalytics team to interpret data, generate hypotheses, and communicate findings to project teams. This position offers opportunities to shape experimental strategies and grow expertise in biotherapeutic discovery.

Pay / Benefits

• salary range: $81,200–$150,800
• performance-based cash incentive
• eligibility for annual equity awards
• comprehensive benefits package (health, life, disability)
• 401(k) with company contribution and match
• generous time off package (vacation, personal days, holidays)

Responsibilities

• Develop SPR methods and generate binding reports to communicate findings to research teams (SPR, Carterra)
• Provide data analysis to interpret experiments across binding and functional assays
• Train and mentor junior associates as needed and collaborate across teams
• Maintain cell cultures and perform cellular binding experiments (FACS, KinExA, LigandTracer)
• Perform plate-based binding and functional assays (ELISA, MSD, AlphaScreen)
• Present research findings in team settings and lab meetings
• Address project objectives with cross-disciplinary awareness and independent data interpretation

Key requirements

• MS (within last 2 years) in biology, chemistry or pharmacology or BS with 2+ years in drug discovery or related lab research
• Familiarity with cell/molecular biology techniques
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Distinguished team spirit and scientific drive
• High flexibility with excellent organizational and communication skills

• Collaboration
• Curious mindset
• Detail-oriented
• Surface plasmon resonance (Biacore)
• Binding characterization (Fortebio, Kinexa, flow cytometry, LigandTracer)
• Functional assay development (ELISA, MSD, AlphaScreen)

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