Site descriptionThe role is based in our new groundbreaking Discovery Centre (DISC) located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. This newly purpose-built building brings together the company’s research and development activity in a pioneering strategic R&D centre and global corporate headquarters. The building has been designed with open architecture reflecting AstraZeneca’s approach to research. Open laboratories and glass walls will enable new ways of working across teams, whilst a central courtyard will put science on full display. Business UnitThe Biologics Engineering (BE) team is responsible for the discovery and optimisation of biological candidate drugs to support all therapy area drug discovery pipelines and for the development of in-house biologics discovery platforms and novel drug modalities to support future drug discovery efforts. Within BE, the Protein Sciences and Analytics team is focussed on the generation and characterisation of high quality biologics to support pipeline project progression and novel technology development.  

Experience of general molecular biology skills & techniques including DNA preparation, PCR, Golden Gate assembly, particularly in a high throughput settingKnowledge and experience of recombinant protein expression and purification

Ability to conduct and interpret the results of experiments with a track record of development and optimisation of lab processesStrong communication skills and ability to develop working relationships with individuals across organisational boundaries