Scientist - Biophysical Characterization

Are you interested in providing scientific knowledge within biophysics and characterizing biophysical phenomena in an area where we are actively supporting the production of the best products for our patients and set the standards of tomorrow? 
 

If so, you can be part of a team where responsibility, challenges and development go hand in hand.
 

About the department
Product Life Cycle Management is a part of AMSAT in PS AM Novo Nordisk. The department is organised in seven teams with approx. 150 employees and is responsible for providing support to our production sites around the world.
 

The position is in the Biophysical Science team, which consists of 3 Specialists, 10 Scientists, 2 PhD students and a MSc student. The current analytical platform consists of a variety of biophysical techniques including but not limited to MFI, DLS, Thioflavin T fibrillation assays, Turbiscanner, SAXS, Cryo-TEM, CG-MALS and FT-IR.
 

The position
We offer an exciting and challenging job in a fast-paced environment, where you will be part of solving real world problems based on a fundamental understanding of physical chemistry, protein solution behaviour and production processes.
 

Together with the other scientists in our team, and in close collaboration with our sister team Biophysical Lab (7 Laboratory technicians and 1 laboratory intern), your focus will be on:

• Supporting production sites with biophysical knowledge and applying biophysical analyses to process related challenges.
• Take part in problem solving and thereby help develop a fundamental understanding of our injectable products with regards to manufacturing processes which will serve as input for future challenges experienced in production. 
• Contribute to maintenance and improvement of the analytical platform used in the team to ensure the most efficient and scientifically sound support to the production sites.

Qualifications

• You hold a MSc, within a relevant scientific discipline such as biophysics, soft matter physics, physical chemistry, bio- or nano engineering, crystallography or similar.
• Knowledge about protein solution behavior and stability is expected.
• You are familiar with some of the characterization methods such as MFI, ThT fibrillation assay, Turbiscanner and/or scattering techniques such as DLS, SLS and SAXS, as well as the underlying physical principles.
• If you have experience with applying biophysical analyses to process-related challenges, this is considered an advantage.
• You are expected to be fluent in written and spoken English.

As a person, you are a team player, with a positive attitude to new ideas and people. You are committed to your tasks and to reaching your goals and have a keen interest in understanding both drug development and production. You collaborate well with people at all levels. You are expected to take initiative and drive your own projects.
 

Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, your skills, dedication, and ambition help us change lives for the better. In exchange, we offer you an opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and benefit from a range of possibilities for professional and personal development.
 

Contact
For further information please contact Manager, Christoffer Florentsen at +45-30796859.
 

Deadline 
30 March 2025

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.