Vaxcyte · 1 day ago
Associate Scientist II, Nonclinical & Immunoassay
San Carlos, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$105K/yr - $122K/yr
1+ years expVaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases. They are looking for an energetic and talented Associate Scientist II to manufacture and test reagents for immunoassay detection of multi-valent vaccines, requiring a high level of organization and experience in developing ELISA-type assays.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care
Responsibilities
Help continue the development and optimization of assay suites for our current programs, and for the following research projects
Have an extremely high level of organization, and the ability to maintain large volumes of data for the various DS and DP entities
Demonstrate experience in developing, trouble shooting and running ELISA-type assays, including generation of the critical reagents, which includes generating high-affinity antibodies specific to the antigen and reviewing production protocols, requesting quotes, interacting with vendors, collecting and providing updates on production timelines
Collaborate closely with external Vaxcyte Team members and to ensure supply/demand, DS and DP methods, CMO status and timelines are all in sync with assay development activities to hit milestones as needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (BSc) in Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or Organic Biochemistry with a minimum 2 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree (MSc) in the same fields with minimum 1 year of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Having a high degree of organizational capabilities for both reagents and experimental scheduling a must
The ability to present complex data sets and independently propose and design follow-up experiments are also required
Maintaining good laboratory practices, safety and record keeping for them-selves and their team is required
Preferred
Ideal candidate will have a significant background in plate-based assay development and antibody characterization including Akta, HPLC and BLI
Experience in protein analysis such as SEC, HPLC, SDS-page, CE-SDS, and cIEF and binding kinetics is a plus
Prior experience of transferring methods to external partners for validation and GMP will be of a significant benefit, and first-hand experience of a QC environment would also be advantageous
Experience in immunoassay development, qualification, validation, trouble shooting and aiding in OOS investigations is highly desired
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
An equity component
Company
Vaxcyte
Vaxcyte focuses on developing vaccines designed to prevent or treat some of the most common and deadly infectious diseases worldwide.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.85BKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Andrew Guggenhime
President & Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Fairman
Founder and Vice President, Research
Recent News
2025-12-09
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