Senior Scientist

**Company Description**
Eurofins CDMO is a leading international Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) based in Europe. Our company focuses on drug product development and manufacturing for chemical/biological entities and drug substance development and manufacturing for biological entities. We support small and major biopharmaceutical companies in an innovative way to help them achieving their (pre)clinical milestones timely. Our facilities are perfectly designed for clinical and/or small scale commercial batches either for non-sterile or sterile dosage forms. With approximatively 350 staff, we operate out of 8 sites in France, Belgium and Italy.

We are looking for a person that reports to the Pharmaceutical Development Manager of Eurofins Amatsigroup NV in expanding the growth of the company. His/Her main responsibilities are:

- Your main focus will be the development and characterization of drug products containing biological entities (e.g. antibodies, oligonucleotides, proteins, peptides)
- You will develop methods, implement biophysical screening techniques and design experimental trials to evaluate the stability (both chemical and physical) of biomolecules in pharmaceutical formulations
- The function consists of planning and performing experimental work in a high-tech environment, together with data interpretation and reporting of the experiments performed
- In addition, you investigate new and innovative techniques, and so contribute to the improvement of services offered
- You will act as a lead scientist, being a member of different project teams, and coordinating the experimental formulation and characterization tasks, thereby guiding more junior members in the team

**Qualifications**
- You have a PhD with scientific orientation (Bio-Engineering, (Bio)Chemistry, Science or Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Pharmacy) or equivalent experience acquired through professional background
- You have a strong interest in drug research and development and the associated production technologies
- You work accurately, you are technically minded and able to work independently after training in the matter entrusted to you
- You have experience in the development and characterization of formulations for antibodies, oligonucleotides, proteins or peptides.
- Knowledge on spray drying or lyophilization development or Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) is an asset
- You are flexible
- You have strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
- You have experience with software such as Word and Excel

**Additional Information**
- Day to day variety in projects and analyses;
- A wide range of new, state of the art, analytical techniques for you to master;
- Personal development through learning on the job from experienced team members and additional external trainings;
- A position with responsibility within a young and dynamic international pharmaceutical company, with room to grow;
- A market oriented compensation, including laptop, lunch vouchers, commuting fee, hospitalization insurance, pension fund;
- 32 holidays, with additional loyalty days;
- Regular team activities organized by our EuroFun team.