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Downstream Process Development Engineer

West Point, PA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Perform lab-scale downstream processing and biochemical/analytical assays for vaccine adjuvant and Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) products and intermediates.

Role type

Senior IC process development engineer (biopharmaceuticals)

Builds

Lab-scale process unit operations for vaccine adjuvants and LNPs

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Vaccine manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Lab-scale downstream processing, biochemical/analytical assays, solution preparation, GMP compliance, potent compound lipid handling (OEB4 & 5), isolator/VBE operation, Extrusion, Tee-mixing, Multi-Inlet-Vortex-Mixing (MIVM), Homogenization/Microfluidization, Filtration, Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF), scale-up experience

Preferred skills

Experience with liposome and LNP formation unit ops

Technologies

Extrusion, Tee-mixing, MIVM, Homogenization, Microfluidization, Filtration, TFF, Isolators, VBEs

Responsibilities

Perform lab-scale downstream processing of vaccine adjuvant & LNP products, perform assays on products and intermediates, prepare solutions/reagents, set-up process equipment for lab-scale experiments, maintain records and experimental results following GMP

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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