Technician

Assistant Scientist - (potential focus Data analysis) - DSP development (lab & pilot)

Janssen Vaccines is committed to developing first-in-class or best-in-class vaccines for some of the world's most life-threatening infectious diseases. We have built a dedicated, world-class, multi-functional team across a variety of disciplines to develop a promising vaccines pipeline. In Leiden, we have a workforce of 700 scientists and support staff, 45% of our employees has a nationality other than Dutch with over 20 nationalities represented. We partner with many of the world's leading experts, academic and clinical institutions and other pharmaceutical companies for the development of vaccines against, for example, Ebola and HIV.

In our organization entrepreneurial people are working in a dynamic culture in which innovation and a 'can do' state of mind are the central points. In order to strengthen our team we are continuously looking for enthusiastic, talented people who have the ambition to develop themselves and can be of value to Janssen Vaccines.

Process development consists of a USP and a DSP department and is responsible for the development of scalable, pharmaceutical-grade production processes for viral vaccines using mammalian cell lines as a production platform. Novel technologies are used to make sure that the processes are safe, reliable, scalable and cost-effective, so that the vaccines can be produced in large quantities at low costs. The developed production processes are transferred into GMP production facilities for the production of clinical batches and scaled-up for commercial production. All activities are performed in close collaboration with other departments.

We are looking for a motivated Assistant Scientist within the field of downstream process development. As part of a team you will plan, prepare and execute scientific experiments on lab-scale and pilot scale. The experiments will be part of a scientific study plan, and you will be responsible for analysing the results and reporting main conclusions. Experiments may be performed on pilot scale or in reduced-scale models. Typical unit operations include Clarification, Chromatography and UF/DF. You are a team player with excellent communicational skills.

Qualifications:

You have a B.Sc in a relevant discipline, or a MLO degree with 3 years of hands-on experience in biotechnology.

You are a motivated team player who is flexible and has a can-do attitude, and a pro-active mindset.

You have good communication skills in English, written and spoken.

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886.

This job with Johnson & Johnson is a temporary assignment and is being managed by Kelly Services on behalf of Johnson & Johnson. Successful candidates will be placed at the Johnson & Johnson assignment and managed by Kelly Services

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