About the role
AbbVie is hiring a Principal Research Scientist to advance biocatalytic process development for pharmaceutical active ingredients, spanning enzyme discovery, directed evolution campaigns, and integrating AI and ML tools to optimize enzyme-catalyzed reactions across small molecules, peptides, and antibody-drug conjugates. Responsibilities include developing biocatalytic strategies, engineering biocatalysts, leading project teams, and authoring technical reports and patents. Requires deep biocatalysis and synthetic organic chemistry expertise, recombinant DNA proficiency, and high-throughput experimentation experience; a bachelor degree with 14+ years, master with 12+, or PhD with 6+ years.
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