Associate Scientist In Vivo Pharmacology, Cardiometabolic Disorders

About the role

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do. Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease, we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help 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. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science-based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lie within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

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.

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.