Lonza

Senior R&D Scientist – Novel Biologics Delivery

United States · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerLonza
LocationUnited States
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted22 Jul 2026

Senior R&D Scientist – Novel Biologics Delivery

Bend, OR

The actual location of this job is in Bend, Oregon (USA). Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

This is a fully site‑based role. Working together in person supports close, real‑time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Senior R&D Scientist, Novel Biologics Delivery will join our Research & Development team in Bend, Oregon to lead the conceptualization, development, and experimental validation of innovative drug delivery platforms for proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids. This role bridges early-stage discovery and clinical translation.

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What you will get:

An agile career and dynamic working culture.

An inclusive and ethical workplace.

Compensation programs that recognize high performance.

A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.

The full list of our global benefits can be found here: https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

What you will do:

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.

What we are looking for:

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

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.

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