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Green Key Resources is Hiring a Scientist II, Process Sciences, Process Development Near Gaithersburg, MD
Responsibilities
Develop robust, high-producing, scalable and economically viable cell culture production processes up to large-scale bioreactors.
Develop, optimize and scale-up fed-batch bioreactor processes. Lead efforts to evaluate different cell culture media and feed formulations. Evaluate optimal feeding strategies to improve product yield, quality and purity.
Perform and analyze Design of Experiment (DOE) studies to fully characterize processes. Support process validation studies and activities. Participate in the technology transfer of processes to Manufacturing and external collaborators and partners.
Perform critical operations as needed in our development and cGMP manufacturing facilities to deliver pre-clinical and clinical materials.
Support the build-up of our scale-up facility for upstream operations to generate material for downstream
Generate, manage, evaluate, and maintain critical data in a highly organized manner. Provide reports for assessment by senior management.
Assist in scale up and optimization of early-stage upstream processes, support critical operations as needed in our GMP manufacturing facility and deliver materials for pre-clinical and clinical studies.
Complete process robustness and characterization studies for tech transfer documents to support scale-up to our manufacturing plants. As needed, support process validation, including validation protocol writing, execution and report writing.
Requirements
PhD with 2 - 5 years directly related industry experience, MS with 6 - 8 years directly related industry experience or BS with more than 10 years of directly related industry experience.
Experience with developing fed-batch bioreactor processes including optimizing feeding strategies and evaluating different cell culture media and feed formulations.
Experienced in process optimization, scale-up and technology transfer
Extensive experience with small-scale and large-scale cell culture bioreactor process development is required. Experience with insect and/or mammalian is preferred
Hands-on experience in the operation of single use bioreactor up to pilot scale and supporting tech transfer to manufacturing plants
Demonstrated of hands-on experience in process development including use of statistical design of experiments is required.
Working knowledge of Cell Clarification/Harvest and Downstream purification is a plus
Demonstrated verbal and written skills in communicating complex technical information.
Ability to critically analyze data using statistical tools and to compile technical reports.
Excellent record keeping abilities to adequately record, analyze and document development data generated in support of regulatory requirements.
Experience with JMP or other similar software, a plus