Sr. Data Scientist / Cell culture subject matter expert
Sartorius
•$110,000 - $150,000•Remote
About The Position
The Senior Scientist / Cell culture subject matter expert drives the identification, prototyping and transfer of cell culture process modeling, simulation, automation and other relevant digitally driven solutions into Product Development pipelines to accelerate industrialization aligned with Product & Technology Roadmaps. This is a key role in bridging process modeling, automation, and commercial application, with a strong focus on translating cutting-edge technologies (e.g., digital twins) into scalable, customer-facing solutions.
Requirements
- PhD with 5+ years’ experience, or Master's degree with 7+ years’ experience
- Proven track record (publications or patents) in automation, cell culture process modeling, or data analytics in bioprocessing or related field
- Expertise in modeling, optimization & simulation tools (e.g. MATLAB, Python, Pyomo)
- Experience with optimization frameworks (e.g. IPOPT, BARON) and version control systems (e.g. Git, Azure DevOps)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with ability to translate data into decisions
- Good communication skills across technical and cross-functional teams
- Excellent customer orientation focused on understanding scientific problems and translating them into prototype concepts that deliver measurable impact on solution performance and industrialization speed
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategy to identify and prototype innovative digital tools for upstream (cell culture) bioprocess operations aligned with Product & Technology Roadmaps to translate scientific advancements into development initiatives
- Lead technical workstreams and design models, simulations to generate validated prototypes for digital solutions
- Evaluate technologies, trends & customer use cases through structured, mediated interactions with commercial or application teams to identify high-value innovation opportunities
- Develop and validate prototype applications, tools including digital twins and machine‑learning‑based solutions to enable integration of validated concepts into scalable product or platform capabilities
- Translate process & production data into actionable insights to support technical validation and feasibility assessment
- Represent scientific expertise in selected external interactions and industry forums and build internal subject matter expert recognition without ownership of solution positioning or commercial activities to strengthen technical credibility and identify trends
Benefits
- Mentoring
- leadership programs
- internal seminar offerings
- Paid vacation
- sick time
- corporate holidays
- community service day
- flexible work schedules
- Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform
- Mutual support
- team spirit
- international collaboration
- communities on numerous topics such as “Coaching”, “Agile Working” and a “Businesswomen’s Network”
- Wide selection of health and well-being support such as a variety of medical plans to choose from
- dental
- vision
- EAP
- other wellness programs
- Working in smart buildings with the latest technology and equipment
- 401k (with generous company match)
- HSA
- FSA (dependent care & healthcare spending)
- Transportation Commuter Account
- Basic Life Insurance
- AD&D
- EAP
- Family Planning & Women’s Health
- Health Advocate
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse & dependents)
- Legal Services
- LTD & STD
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Student Loan Tuition Refinance Service
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
