Staff Scientist, Cell Therapy Field Applications - West Coast Remote

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Pasadena, CA

414d • $103,100 - $154,700

About The Position

The Staff Scientist, Cell Therapy Field Applications role at Thermo Fisher Scientific is a full-time position focused on providing technical consulting and troubleshooting for cell therapy solutions. The position serves as a key technical interface between the internal team and external customers, supporting innovative cell therapy workflow processes and collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop life-saving biologic therapeutics. The role emphasizes independent work as well as collaboration with the commercial team to identify new product innovation opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences (Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering); Master's or PhD degree preferred.
• Experience working within Academia, Biotech, Biologics, Life Sciences, and/or Biopharmaceutical industries in a technical capacity.
• Significant experience with cell culture, preferably immune cells and/or cell therapy applications; experience in cell therapy bioprocess strongly preferred.
• Experience with analytical cell biology techniques.
• Knowledge of bioprocess workflow for cell therapy and relevant process optimization and challenges.
• Customer interfacing skills and an ability to proactively drive problem-solving processes.
• Ability to communicate technical content at customer meetings, application notes, publications, and/or posters.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a deep technical relationship with Cell Therapy Customer Engagement and Process R&D Teams.
• Develop and optimize novel cell therapy manufacturing processes using innovative technologies in collaboration with the R&D team.
• Organize and lead technical product specification, application, and protocol optimization discussions with customers and prospects.
• Lead customer technical support during product evaluations, analyze data, and convey the voice of the customer to internal team members.
• Ensure the resolution of customer inquiries through collaboration with multifunctional teams.
• Act as an internal expert to recommend technical application and process development studies.

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Caregiver leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid holidays
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 10,001+ employees