Research Associate Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related life science field, with 2+ years of industry experience in cell culture or upstream process development. Candidates without a degree but with similar industry experience are encouraged to apply.
• Thorough knowledge and hands-on experience in mammalian cell culture techniques, including aseptic technique, media preparation, and cell passaging.
• Experience operating bench-scale bioreactors and performing cell culture sampling and analysis.
• Ability to ramp up quickly and contribute independently to ongoing process development work in a fast-paced, collaborative laboratory environment.
• Comfortable with cell culture analytics and instrumentation (e.g., BioProfile® FLEX2, Vi-CELL BLU, Cedex® Bio HT) and be able to interpret in-process data.
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to safety, quality, good documentation practices, and accurate electronic lab notebook record-keeping.
• Strong communication skills and comfortable sharing knowledge at multiple levels of technical detail.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple concurrent experiments while collaborating effectively across functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Eppendorf DASbox™ and Sartorius Biostat™ B-DCU systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of senior engineers, execute upstream process development experiments, including the setup and takedown of operations, daily monitoring of cell culture health and performance, and routine sampling for in-process analysis.
• Perform mammalian cell culture operations using aseptic technique, including media and solution preparation, cell passaging and expansion, and inoculation of shake flasks and small-scale bioreactors.
• Operate and monitor small-scale bioreactors, tracking key process parameters and carrying out simple harvest of bench-scale cultures.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to troubleshoot routine process challenges and summarize results to support experimental decision-making.
• Maintain electronic lab notebooks for all experiments and ensure data integrity and good documentation practices are upheld throughout the course of each study.

Benefits

• Eligible for overtime pay