Junior Mass Spectrometry Expert

**Summary**:
Location: Kundl, Austria Are you passionate about mass spectrometry and do you love to analyze large biomolecules by yourself? Hands-on, in the lab, driving the mass spec? Do you thrive on solving challenging tasks and analytical riddles? Are you flexible enough to identify complex or even unknown protein variants by yourself? Can you look beyond the thicket of mass spec signals and identify the real meaning behind your data? Are you willing to invest time into innovative technologies and advance your team members? And would you like to live in a truly charismatic region of Europe with all possible kinds of outdoor activities? Everything answered with a “yes”? Then join the Novartis Analytical Characterization team in striking Kundl, Austria - because we are exactly looking for you Get your questions answered in a call.

**About the Role**:
Your key responsibilities:
As our MS-based protein characterization scientist, you will be designing, planning, and performing experiments with the latest LC-MS instruments. Your work will involve analyzing therapeutic proteins, degradation products, and post-translational modifications - and the occasional odd molecule. You'll be responsible for generating and interpreting data, and communicating results to our technical teams.

As the MS expert, you'll help decide on next steps. You'll also prepare technical documents and reports, participate in function-specific sub-teams, and share your knowledge with your team members. Minimal direction will be provided, so we're looking for someone who can take charge and fulfill their responsibilities with confidence.
- What you’ll bring to the role:
- We need someone with real-life experience in characterizing proteins, peptides, and glycans using mass spectrometry. You should be comfortable using ground breaking ESI-Q-TOF, Orbitrap, or MALDI-TOF MS technologies, and be familiar with data processing software like Xcalibur, Refiner MS, Analyst, and GPMAW. You should also be able to understand and interpret data with ease and have the ability to challenge software results through partial de-novo sequencing. Just clicking a button won’t do
- Fluency in English (oral and written), knowledge of German is a plus.

Desirable Requirements:
- Proficient scientific/technical writing and presentation skills.
- Broad knowledge in protein/peptide/glycan separation approaches (i.e. chromatographic, various modes).
- Understanding of development activities and processes in Biopharma and knowledge on relevant regulatory guidelines.
- Basic programming skills (e.g. R, Phyton)

Why Novartis?- You’ll receive:
- In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development opportunities as well as worldwide career possibilities within the Novartis group. In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is €54,735.38/year (on a full time basis). We also offer a potential market oriented excess payment in line with your experience and qualifications.
- We are open for part-time and job-sharing models and support flexible and remote working where possible.
- Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

- Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive working environment and diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities:
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Division

Development

Business Unit

Pharmaceuticals

Location

Austria

Site

Kundl

Company / Legal Entity

AT33 (FCRS = AT033) Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH

Functional Area

Research & Development

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

**Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities**:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.