Scientist Lyophilization

Corporate Overview

Argonaut Manufacturing Services Inc. is a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space across four locations. The company is dedicated to serving highly innovative companies in the biopharmaceutical and molecular diagnostics industries. Argonaut is a full service, cost‑effective partner, providing complete solutions in the areas of formulation, filling and final kitting of reagents and consumables.

Argonaut provides quality and regulatory expertise to assure the highest in quality manufacturing and supply chain excellence.

At Argonaut Manufacturing Services we value our employees and are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well‑being and financial future. Eligible employees enjoy:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Company‑Paid Life Insurance (1x Annual Salary)
• Voluntary Life Insurance Options
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Matching
• 10 Days of Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 Paid Holidays Annually

The pay range for this position is $85,000 – $90,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as location, skills, education, experience, and other relevant qualifications.

Reporting to the Director MSAT, the incumbent in this role will be accountable for assisting in the development and support of all activities associated with the feasibility, development and transfer of lyophilized products developed in R&D to a Manufacturing/Production setting. This role will be a liaison between the Director MSAT, Junior Scientists, Clients and Manufacturing.

This role is an on‑site position Monday – Friday 8 hours/day (excluding lunch break). Overtime, weekends and holidays may be required. This role requires a flexible work schedule.

• Assist in the development of client products for Lyophilization – this includes designing, executing experimental protocols and recording results, observations, and ideas for improvement throughout the process.
• Work as part of a team to meet each project goal in a timely manner and communicate any delays to the appropriate person.
• Scale‑Up R&D formulations and transfer them to Manufacturing/Production – being able to critically review a protocol and determine feasibility in Manufacturing/Production and make recommendations.
• Assist in developing processes that are well‑documented, robust and can be easily transferred to production to create quality products repeatably.
• Work actively with Manufacturing to solve challenges in the production environment related to specification discrepancies, material dispositions and process changes.
• Work with Quality Control to assure proper product specifications are in place and assist in product qualifications and validations.
• Communicate with clients and project managers on a regular basis – scheduling and communicating reagent deliveries to/from client/project managers as well as communicating project timelines and delivery dates to the customer.
• Be a liaison between Client, R&D and Manufacturing – work closely within a team to transfer protocols developed in R&D to Manufacturing and make sure that processes are robust.
• Work with our internal QC team to communicate client's needs for testing and ensure that internal/external specifications and metrics are met.
• Meet weekly with manager to determine project timelines and responsibilities for each client.
• Work closely with project managers to maintain client expectations.
• Execute experimental protocols and write up reports/summaries of results.
• Assist in developing, writing and editing SOP documents during tech transfer.
• Train manufacturing personnel on new protocols, assist with ordering of raw materials as well as hardware required for each process being transferred.
• Critically think about scale‑up processes based on R&D runs – proactively determine where issues could arise with scale‑up of products, determine feasibility of scale‑up process and provide recommendations.
• Process Improvement –…