Scientist III, Cell Biology - Process Development

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have a strong passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? Thermo Fisher Scientific empowers its teams to put science into meaningful action and give our ambitious R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources, and tools they need to take global science a step beyond.

SCIENTIST III, CELL BIOLOGY POSITION SUMMARY

Discover impactful work in the scientist I role on our process development team. You will be exposed to an outstanding variety of cell clones and bioreactor operating scenarios. Guiding team members, you will create and coordinate study plan execution; educating others on results. You will also manage crafting and optimizing workflows with a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement.

A day in the life:

• Cell culture & bioreactor expertise: generate study plans and DOEs, lining up timelines with resources, encourage results while improving integrity. Define reactor builds and configuration. Educate on rationale and mentor others.
• Get meaningful results: Provide insight on data and innovation; generating and presenting content to make it impactful.
• Research and drive innovation to improve workflows using practical process improvement; balancing goals against resources and business needs

Keys to success:

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering or equivalent required.

EXPERIENCE

• At least 4 years of cell culture work with detailed understanding cell expansion, mAb production, and cell therapy
• Successfully implement bioreactors, controllers, control schemes, and scaling methods
• Strong familiarity with cell culture analysis instrumentation in high-throughput and automated lab workflows

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Proficiency with data and statistical analysis, and scientific plot generation
• Proven understanding of statistical design of experiment (DOE)
• Ability to manage complete experiment execution including timelines and resources
• Robust presentation skills and teaching ability

Please refer the Job description for details