Research Engineer, Senior

Department Overview

The Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has assembled a multidisciplinary team of scientists to respond to serious viral disease threats including AIDS chronic viral infection-associated diseases newly emerging viral diseases and infectious diseases of the elderly. Our programs are intended to span the continuum between basic and clinical science in which discoveries are rapidly advanced from the level of molecular and cellular biology through animal models and ultimately into clinical testing.

The development of this unique program in immunology and virology provides an important training opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows aOHSUSU. This is why an important part of our mission is the training of young scientists in newer academic disciplines emerging at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute.

Function / Duties of Position

• Establish a particle engineering laboratory; maintain particle manufacturing and testing equipment.
• Independently draft controlled documents such as batch records SOPs protocols and reports related to vaccine process development / engineering and characterization. Provide support to transfer such documents and support technology transfer to cGMP contract manufacturers and other partners.
• Innovate novel vaccine delivery particle technologies suitable for domestic and global health use.
• Support patent applications describing novel particle technologies.
• Establish quality control assays and specifications for novel particle technologies and RNA-based vaccines suitable for preclinical use and standards suitable for support of Phase 1 clinical trial materials consistent with FDA requirements for clinical vaccine products.
• Manufacture and perform quality control on vaccine products for preclinical use.
• Support the drafting of proposals for funding of continued work in the vaccine innovation space.
• Support the publication of journal articles resulting from the above activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Details

All are welcome

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at or

Key Skills

Arm,Machine Learning,Raspberry Pi,Python,C / C++,Image Processing,5G,OS Kernels,Research Experience,Firewall,Research & Development,Computer Vision

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1