Scientist I, Bioreactor Process Design

Just Evotec Biologics Bioreactor Process Development group is seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking team member who is passionate about expanding worldwide access to biotherapeutics through the advancement of continuous bioprocessing technology and mammalian cell culture processes. This person will join a fastpaced collaborative and multidisciplinary team to support perfusion bioreactor process development at the bench and pilot scale for the advancement of lowcost biotherapeutics manufacturing. The successful candidate will be detailoriented selfmotivated and efficient in completing handson laboratory tasks and experience with bioreactor equipment operation cleaning and maintenance lab management and organizing workspace and tasks is required. The ideal candidate will have management and leadership skills as well as expertise in mammalian cell culture and perfusion bioreactor development for therapeutic protein production. Strong written and verbal communication skills are and experience in client and multisite communication is preferred. Experience with common software packages (such as Microsoft Office Google Suite etc.) is desired. Finally the ideal candidate is curious creative engaged and the type who works well independently and in teams while constantly looking for ways to advance scientific processes and improve technology.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and running benchscale bioreactors and bioreactorrelated equipment (controllers pumps autoclaves etc.) including building and autoclaving bioreactor parts and assemblies as well as assisting with benchscale bioreactor operations (daily sampling and analytics cleaning and maintenance inoculation activities run preparation and troubleshooting).

• Performing mammalian cell culture work in an aseptic hood such as cell passaging and cell banking.

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) level understanding of bioreactor control systems software and analytical equipment as well as maintaining and troubleshooting instruments. Some experience in other functional areas (media purification and/or analytical sciences) is also preferred.

• Serving as a team member or functional area lead for platform or complex client earlystage (FIH) or technology development projects; may also serve as a team member or functional area lead for platform latestage Process Characterization (PC) projects.

• Designing executing and analyzing statistically designed experiments (DOE) independently or with minimal supervision.

• Documenting best practices and technical results in ELNs SOPs summary reports etc.

• Authoring SOPs reports and slides which summarize organize and interpret experiment results with review by a supervisor and appropriate team members.

• Communicating experimental plans and data to teams and clients clearly and effectively.

• Working with vendors and manufacturers in developing ordering and troubleshooting equipment prototypes.

• Training mentoring and supervising junior staff and interns.

• Assisting with media and buffer preparation when needed.

• Potential for weekend work (5day work week/ 2 days off) and being oncall for critical bioreactor runs.

• Other tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Engineering Biochemistry Biology or related field and 57 years industry experience or PhD with minimal industry experience.

• Excellent attention to detail and focused when completing technical tasks; able to stay organized and relaxed in complex situations while keeping track of multiple tasks and data.

• Strong writing skills and efficient at documentation; comfortable communicating with project managers and subject matter experts about processes and technologies.

• Enthusiastic problemsolver who is selfmotivated able to make and follow through on goals actionoriented flexible and eager to learn and grow their science and technology skill set.

• Experience with Microsoft Office apps (Word PowerPoint Excel).

• Occasionally respond in person to alarms during offhours.

Pluses

• Experience with aseptic technique and smallscale cell culture.

• Experience with upstream bioprocessing equipment especially perfusion technology as well as analytical or downstream purification equipment.

• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting scientific or electronic equipment.

• Experience preparing cell culture media and buffers.

• Experience with design of experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis.

• Experience with paper or electronic lab notebooks or other recordkeeping methods.

• Experience analyzing data in tools such as JMP R or Python.

• General understanding of cell biology fluid dynamics and biotransport.

• General understanding of circuits (grounding power signal etc.).

• Experience working in a cGMP or clean room setting (this job is nonGMP but knowledge of GMP is helpful for process/tech transfer activities).

• Experience working in retail service industry or other environments that require physical work and positive attitude.

• Experience in training mentoring and supervising team members.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be $90000 to $102000; Base salary offered may vary depending on individuals skills experience and competitive market value. Additional total rewards include discretionary annual bonus comprehensive benefits to include Medical Dental and Vision shortterm and longterm disability company paid basic life insurance 401k company match flexible work generous paid time off and paid holiday wellness and transportation benefits.