Senior R&D Scientist – Novel Biologics Delivery

Bend, OR

Translate analytical, developability, and mechanistic insights into innovative formulation and drug delivery platforms for injectable biologics, including mAbs, ADCs, and emerging modalities.
Apply translational science to design and assess novel drug delivery strategies.
Apply protein stability, aggregation, and interfacial behavior principles to guide formulation design for complex biologics.
Design, execute, and interpret advanced characterization and stability studies to guide development decisions.
Incorporate injectability, local tissue interactions, biological fate, and translational performance into formulation design for injectable biologics.
Develop and apply in vitro and ex vivo performance models to evaluate novel injectable formulation and delivery concepts.
Partner with cross-functional R&D teams to integrate analytical, formulation, process, and delivery perspectives into differentiated biologic drug product strategies.

Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences, biochemistry, biophysics, chemical engineering, bioengineering, or a related discipline,
3–5 years of relevant industry experience
Strong understanding of biologic developability, including protein stability, aggregation, degradation, interfacial behavior, and formulation–biologic interactions, DMPK and basic pharmacology
Hands-on experience designing and interpreting formulation screening, stress, and stability studies for biologic drug products
Expertise applying analytical characterization methods to connect molecular attributes with formulation performance and development decisions
Working knowledge of injectable drug product development and sterile processing fundamentals
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-functional R&D teams