Associate Scientist In Vivo Pharmacology, Cardiometabolic Disorders

About the role

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients. At Amgen, you can make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.

Responsibilities

• Carry out hands-on in vivo work in mice, including dosing, handling, health monitoring, and blood collection.
• Support in vivo cardiovascular models and related study procedures.
• Apply mouse surgical and microsurgical techniques, including Alzet pump implantation and other in vivo procedures.
• Partner with scientists to support study execution, communicate results, and maintain accurate study records.
• Participate in dosing and monitoring rotations, including occasional evening or weekend work.

Requirements

• Masters degree and 1 year of experience in in-vivo work with rodents OR Bachelors degree and 3 years of experience in in-vivo work with rodents.
• Hands-on experience in in-vivo rodent studies in an academic or industry setting.
• Proficiency in mouse techniques such as dosing, blood collection, and health monitoring.
• Experience performing necropsy and collecting tissues for downstream analyses.
• Familiarity with cardiovascular in vivo studies and ex vivo tissue workflows.
• Experience with mouse surgical or microsurgical techniques, or other technically demanding rodent procedures requiring strong manual dexterity.
• Familiarity with mouse husbandry and vivarium-based study support.
• Cardiovascular research background is a plus.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Masters degree and 1 year of experience in in-vivo work with rodents OR Bachelors degree and 3 years of experience in in-vivo work with rodents.
• Preferred Qualifications: Hands-on experience in in-vivo rodent studies in an academic or industry setting. Proficiency in mouse techniques such as dosing, blood collection, and health monitoring. Experience performing necropsy and collecting tissues for downstream analyses. Familiarity with cardiovascular in vivo studies and ex vivo tissue workflows. Experience with mouse surgical or microsurgical techniques, or other technically demanding rodent procedures requiring strong manual dexterity. Familiarity with mouse husbandry and vivarium-based study support. Cardiovascular research background is a plus.

Skills

• Highly motivated researcher with hands-on experience in in-vivo rodent studies in an academic or industry setting.
• Proficiency in mouse techniques such as dosing, blood collection, and health monitoring.
• Experience performing necropsy and collecting tissues for downstream analyses.
• Familiarity with cardiovascular in vivo studies and ex vivo tissue workflows.
• Experience with mouse surgical or microsurgical techniques, or other technically demanding rodent procedures requiring strong manual dexterity.
• Familiarity with mouse husbandry and vivarium-based study support.
• Cardiovascular research background is a plus.

Benefits

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where possible.

Pay

This role is paid hourly. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where possible.

Schedule

Role This role is paid hourly. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where possible.