Senior Scientist, Bioengineering

at  Adaptimmune

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required

• Degree in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Relevant post-graduate experience within academic or industry setting, preferably including an MSc or PhD in a relevant area.
• Experience in engineering application and process development in cell therapy.
• Substantial experience in aseptic cell culture, bioreactors for culturing cells, ideally large-scale and/or with primary human T-cells.
• Engineering applications within the design and characterization of cell manufacturing processes, study of manufacturing process parameters using DoE and mathematical modelling of biological and biochemical aspects of cell manufacturing processes.
• Ability to work independently on routine experiments, after training.
• Ability to learn and develop to work independently on complex experiments within a reasonable time frame.

Desirable

• An in depth understanding of the relevant scientific area (T-cell biology).
• Chartered member or working towards chartership of a Professional Engineering Institution, such as IChemE.
• Practical experience in cell biology assays.
• GMP/GLP experience.
• Scientific project and/or people leadership experience.

At Adaptimmune we embrace diversity and equality of opportunity. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or other legally protected category. It is our intent that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
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• In partnership with the Principal Scientist and other SMEs for Process and Analytical Development, designing and conducting experiments appropriate for the individual function and/or discipline to enable group and/or project objectives.
• Analyze, summarize, record and communicate experimental results.
• Active participation in group and project meetings and discussions.
• Supervision/mentorship of scientists, and work-stream leadership/management.
• Contribute to routine lab maintenance.
  Occasional travel for tech transfer and cross-training purposes may be required.