What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Scientist, Downstream Processing position at Cytiva?
Life-Changing Opportunities Ahead
As a Downstream Senior Scientist at Cytiva, you'll be at the forefront of developing life-saving solutions for human health. Our customers are pioneers in fundamental biological research, vaccine development, and innovative medicine.
This role is part of our Biotechnology segment at Danaher, where we bring together technical expertise and talent to create the next generation of therapeutics.
About the Role
We're seeking a highly skilled professional to provide technical leadership to our Fast Trak Process Development Services group. You'll be responsible for:
- Leading project planning activities, documentation generation & review, and execution of downstream process activities in the laboratory.
- Providing technical support and mentorship to junior staff on downstream processing through training, advising, and hands-on project support.
- Representing our team as a technical SME at customer meetings and providing technical leadership to support customer engagement and scope of work definition for new customer projects and proposal generation.
- Developing thought leadership content to promote our services at national and international conferences.
- Organizing and executing training activities for technical staff, ensuring cross-site alignment of training practices.
Your Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you should have:
- A Bachelor's degree or higher in chemical engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, or a related discipline with 8 years of relevant technical experience in biologics processes.
- Expertise in downstream purification of biological molecules, including experimental design, downstream unit operation, and process scale-up/scale-down.
- Extensive hands-on experience with filtration processes (direct flow filtration, tangential flow filtration) and in-depth knowledge of filtration products.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to lead and support written reports and oral presentations to internal/external customers and conferences.
Additional Requirements
You'll need to be able to:
- Support associate training and hands-on laboratory activities in a BSL2 environment.
- Occasionally operate outside of working hours as required by project needs, and travel to customer sites and conferences to support process tech-transfer and thought leadership activities.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience in pilot scale and/or cGMP, deep understanding of all downstream unit operations, and a Master's or Ph.D. in a related field would be an advantage.
Cytiva is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. We value the unique perspectives and contributions of our associates, customers, and shareholders. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com.
