Bioprocess Innovation Engineer

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Job Description

When youre part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific youll do meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale! Join 100000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Youll find the resources here to achieve your career goals and help take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges. This includes protecting the environment making sure our food is safe and helping find cures for cancer

Position Summary

We are seeking a Bioprocess Innovation Engineer to play a key role in launching and Leading our new Bioprocess Design Center an innovative facility dedicated to demonstrating and training customers on our innovative single-use technologies Upstream and Downstream solutions cell culture media cell lines resin and analytical offerings. This role is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of product innovation customer engagement and technical training within a best-in-class biotech solutions provider.

Key Responsibilities

• Startup Leadership:
  • Support the setup commissioning and qualification of the Bioprocess Design Center.
  • Collaborate multi-functionally with engineering validation product management and marketing teams to bring the center online.
  • Ensure the facility is equipped and configured to support demonstration workflows across upstream downstream and analytical platforms.
• Technical Demonstration & Training:
  • Lead and support live and virtual demonstrations of Thermo Fishers single-use technologies cell culture media analytical assays and POROS chromatography resins.
  • Work with internal Marketing teams to develop and deliver technical training content and hands-on sessions for customers commercial teams and internal partners.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and Applications Scientists to ensure training content reflects the latest product capabilities and standard processes.
• Process Design & Support:
  • Design and implement end-to-end bioprocess workflows (from seed train to final purification) using Thermo Fishers integrated bioproduction solutions.
  • Support solving and process optimization using in-depth knowledge of cell culture bioreactors chromatography systems and analytics.
• Customer Engagement & Innovation:
  • Work closely with customers to understand their technical challenges and propose tailored bioprocess solutions using Thermo Fishers portfolio.
  • Provide technical support during customer evaluations and pilot runs.
  • Collect and communicate customer feedback to advise future product and service development.
• Collaboration:
  • Partner with Bioproduction R&D Commercial and Applications teams to align on customer experience facility utilization and product launch strategies.
  • Serve as an authority representing bioprocess engineering in cross-departmental projects and customer interactions.
  • Travel:Located in Lexington MA; able to travel up to 10 % as required

Qualifications

• Bachelors Masters or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Biochemical Engineering or related life science field.
• 7 years of hands-on experience in bioprocess development or manufacturing with a strong background in both upstream and downstream processes.
• Experience with single-use bioreactor systems chromatography and process analytical technologies.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging with internal teams and external customers.
• Shown ability to lead sophisticated technical projects and collaborate in a matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Thermo Fisher Scientifics bioproduction technologies is highly desirable.
• Experience in a customer-facing or technical training role.
• Familiarity with GMP operations and bioprocess facility design considerations

Post start up Roles and Responsibilities:

Leads experience center and lab including oversite of lab personnel Manages and coordinates customer visits and training to the experience center Able to articulate and demonstrate the value proposition of the Thermo Fisher Bioprocessing workflow solutions to customers. Leads design of experimental plans based on the defined work.

Conducts testing and development of SUT systems.

Prepares protocols reports and test methods and writes SOPs.

Maintains and ensures safe laboratory environment and work practices.

Implements appropriately record and evaluate experimental data including the writing and revising of process development reports and technology transfer protocols as required to support customers. Remains current in the field by review of relevant scientific literature and attendance at appropriate scientific seminars and conferences.

Analytical: Leads complex analytical methods and tests on CHO lines growth promotion. Participates in development of analytical methods.

Cell Culture: Participates in design and development of SUT cell culture equipment / processes to support internal and external trainings - (including mAbs) under varying levels of direction including but not limited to cell culture scaleup media development harvest (recovery) process development process range finding and statistical analysis of data. Coordinates SUT bioreactor trainings for customers internal to BPG and our external customers.

Purification: Participates in the understanding of the development of recombinant protein purification processes including chromatography process ultrafiltration / diafiltration nanofiltration process characterization and optimization process scale up scale down model qualification viral clearance validation.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonuses comprehensive healthcare and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific provides outstanding career and development prospects within an innovative forward-thinking company culture that values integrity intensity involvement and innovation.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100000 colleagues we share a common set of values - Integrity Intensity Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research solve complex scientific challenges drive technological innovation and support patients in need. StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific where diverse experiences backgrounds and perspectives are valued.