{"id":3824714,"url":"https://alion.io/job/visterra-research-associate-purification-process-development-contractor","title":"Research Associate, Purification Process Development (Contractor)","company":{"id":4394506,"name":"Visterra","domain":"visterrainc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lux-capital-7","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":null},"role":"Science & Research","role_family":"Science & Research","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"contractor","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Waltham, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":37,"max":46,"currency":"USD","period":"hour","gross":null,"usd_annual":92000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Cell Culture","optional":false},{"name":"Chromatography","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T09:08:37Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":17,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":17},"description":"The Opportunity\nThe Research Associate Contractor in Purification Process Development will be responsible for executing downstream purification activities at Visterra. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Purification, the Associate is responsible for execution of experiments in the lab to support progress of Visterra molecules though development. The Associate will work closely with internal partners in Analytical Development, Cell Culture, and Quality Assurance as well as with external partners at contract manufacturing sites. The Associate will work closely with the research team to plan and execute lab-based experiments for assessing the developability of candidate molecules and should expect to be in the lab roughly 80% of the time.\nThis is a contract position located at Visterra’s offices in Waltham, MA.\nResponsibilities\nExecuting experiments in Visterra’s state-of-the-art purification lab to generate material for internal customers, support process development and tech transfer, and to develop an understanding of the developability of candidate therapeutics. Planning and executing experiments designed to evaluate the developability of candidate protein therapeutics.\nPresenting work at department and cross functional meetings and contributing as a process lead in drug development team meetings.\nTroubleshooting and maintaining laboratory equipment.\nDocumenting experimental results in lab notebooks, tech transfer documents, and technical reports and presenting data at meetings.\nKeeping current with new technologies to improve process development capabilities. \nRequirements\nBachelor of Arts/Sciences in chemical engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry, biology or related discipline or master’s degree with 0-2 years of relevant industry experience.\nExperience in developing and supporting liquid chromatography purification unit operations across modality and scale, including operation of AKTA chromatography controllers.\nThe ability to think critically and communicate effectively across a broad spectrum of audiences both internal and external.\nAn ability to work independently, meet deadlines and prioritize work effectively.\nAbout Visterra\nVisterra is a biotechnology company focused on discovery, pre-clinical research and clinical trial material manufacturing of biologic therapeutic candidates. We are committed to developing innovative protein-based therapies for the treatment of patients with kidney, immune-mediated and other hard-to-treat diseases. We have a robust pipeline of discovery and preclinical-stage programs. Several Visterra-originated assets are being studied in clinical trials by our affiliates or partners and one asset, VIS649 (sibeprenlimab), has received FDA approval.\nVisterra is an indirect wholly-owned, independent operating subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical company headquartered in Japan. As a member of the Otsuka family of companies, we are uniquely positioned as a small, nimble and innovative organization where individuals and teams are empowered to make big impacts - while benefiting from the support, strength, stability and long-term perspective of a 100-year-old global company. We have approximately 100 employees and are located in Waltham, Massachusetts. 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