The Process Dev Engineering Scientific Associate will be part of a team responsible for the development, optimization, and characterization of cell culture processes for ongoing and future projects.
General Summary:
The Process Dev Engineering Scientific Associate will be part of a team that will support cell therapy scale-up Process Development, including performing process optimization activities, as well as the characterization of cell products for ongoing and future projects. This role will contribute to the exploration and establishment of novel technologies to support cell therapy scale-up and optimization.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform experiments to evaluate novel technologies to support cell therapy process scale-up and optimization.
- Perform pluripotent stem cell culture expansion and differentiation in bioreactors, and support process optimization.
- Prepare, interpret, and present data generated from lab studies.
- Draft and review study protocol and reports, ensure data integrity.
- Effectively collaborates with a fully integrated team to facilitate the success of projects.
- Expanded conceptual knowledge and understanding of principles of molecular and cell biology techniques.
- Applies fundamental scientific and engineering principles to process design, development, and process understanding.
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
Education and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Biological Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology or related discipline with 2-4 years of experience.
- Process development experience in a bio-pharmaceutical setting working with interdisciplinary and cross-cultural teams.
- Experience in aseptic processing and cell culture.
- Ability to effectively communicate findings, progress, and problems.
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
- Strong organizational skills and high attention to details.
This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner on assignment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (“Vertex”). The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of a third- party agency partner; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements
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