Cell Culture Engineer III

The businesses of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany•Bedford, MA

7d•$84,900 - $127,300•Onsite

About The Position

MilliporeSigma is looking for a Cell Culture Engineer III to join the Single-Use & Integrated Systems R&D organization. This role will focus on designing, executing, and reporting on projects and experiments for cell culture process development and applications testing of technologies in development. The position requires strong communication and presentation skills for collaboration with both R&D and non-R&D groups, as well as an understanding of trends and developments in CHO/mAb cell culture processes and technologies within the biopharmaceutical industry. This is a full-time position based at the Bedford, MA campus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering or related Engineering discipline and 5+ years experience in biological process development, product development, or related life science professional role
OR Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering or related Engineering discipline and 3+ years experience in biological process development, product development, or related life science professional role
OR PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biological Engineering or related Engineering discipline
External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience/expertise in perfusion cell culture (CHO/mAb): spin tube, shake flask, bench scale glass bioreactors (3L-20L), pilot scale single-use bioreactors (50L-200L)
Experience/expertise in cell retention technologies in perfusion culture

Responsibilities

Lead efforts to design, execute, analyze, and report on process development and optimization experiments in spin tubes, shake flasks, and single-use bioreactors from 3L-200L
Compile experimental results to give deep-dive technical presentations to R&D teams
Compile applications data into reports & presentations to deliver to non-R&D groups (e.g. Marketing, MSAT, Business Development, Senior Management)
Generate customer facing collateral to demonstrate the value of new technologies, including applications notes, webinars, performance/user guides, etc.
Monitor scientific literature publications to ensure process development strategies are in-line with industry standards, and identify emerging cell culture technologies for evaluation
Bring strong time management skills, balancing lab work and desk work
Demonstrate strong teamwork skills, helping team members when needed and asking for help/delegating tasks when appropriate