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Title: Engineer CW
Description
**100% on-site in Cambridge, MA**
*Must have lab or relevant industry experience and at least one year working on similar projects*
Ideal Candidate: B.S. graduate with some work experience. Around 1 YOE is ideal.
Nice to have: Maintenance background; hands-on experience with equipment support and troubleshooting.
Overview:
The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization at Client is seeking a skilled Engineer to join our team. This lab-based position involves developing, characterizing, and supporting clinical drug substance manufacturing processes for late-stage programs in Client's portfolio.
Responsibilities:
This lab-based position is located at our Cambridge, MA site. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, characterization and scale-up of upstream and downstream processes to enable clinical advancement of Client programs. The candidate will also be responsible for equipment maintenance and reliability. This role will include project-based work managed by the candidate.
This role is in an integrated bioprocess development group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Client’s rich, exciting and dynamic pipeline. With Client’s biology first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities including antibodies, BiTEs, and bispecifics.
The successful candidate will design and execute experiments spanning the end-to-end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the candidate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to laboratory operations, technology development, and process automation. Finally, the candidate will also expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree
OR
Associate degree and 4 years scientific experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Title: Engineer CW
Description
**100% on-site in Cambridge, MA**
*Must have lab or relevant industry experience and at least one year working on similar projects*
Ideal Candidate: B.S. graduate with some work experience. Around 1 YOE is ideal.
Nice to have: Maintenance background; hands-on experience with equipment support and troubleshooting.
Overview:
The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization at Client is seeking a skilled Engineer to join our team. This lab-based position involves developing, characterizing, and supporting clinical drug substance manufacturing processes for late-stage programs in Client's portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Cell Culture and Bioreactor Management: Culturing mammalian cells, maintaining bench-scale bioreactors, and sampling bioreactors.
- Process Analytical Technologies (PAT): Utilizing PAT for process monitoring, optimization, and control.
- Data Analysis: Compiling and analyzing experimental data to support process development and optimization.
- Equipment Maintenance: Ensuring equipment reliability and performing routine maintenance.
- Project Management: Managing project-based work and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Experiment Design and Execution: Designing and executing experiments spanning cell culture and purification operations, applying established platform approaches, and solving day-to-day experimental challenges.
- Innovation and Technology Development: Contributing to laboratory operations, technology development, and process automation through innovative thinking.
This lab-based position is located at our Cambridge, MA site. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, characterization and scale-up of upstream and downstream processes to enable clinical advancement of Client programs. The candidate will also be responsible for equipment maintenance and reliability. This role will include project-based work managed by the candidate.
This role is in an integrated bioprocess development group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance Client’s rich, exciting and dynamic pipeline. With Client’s biology first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities including antibodies, BiTEs, and bispecifics.
The successful candidate will design and execute experiments spanning the end-to-end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges. Additionally, the candidate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to laboratory operations, technology development, and process automation. Finally, the candidate will also expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree
OR
Associate degree and 4 years scientific experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences with a demonstrated record of excellence.
- Ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to practical problems through application of fundamental scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment.
- Prior experience with high throughput systems (such as the AMBR) or PAT.
- Prior experience with project management.
- Motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Team player with the ability to successfully work within a diverse team in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
- Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data desirable.
- Prior experience with data analytical tools (Excel, Spotfire, Python etc.)
