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Senior Expert Science & Technology – Downstream Process Development

Schaftenau💼 Full-time💰 $66,918–$66,918🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead downstream process development for biopharmaceutical drug substance (DS) processes, focusing on purification of recombinant proteins at laboratory and pilot scale.

Role type

Senior Expert, hands-on IC process development scientist

Builds

Biopharmaceutical drug substance processes for late-phase development and market transfer

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Downstream Processing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Chromatography systems operation, Cross flow filtration, Tangential flow filtration, Membrane separation methods, Statistical discovery software, Regulatory CMC processes, Laboratory procedure generation, Project leadership, Scientific documentation, Troubleshooting

Preferred skills

Python, R, SQL programming

Technologies

ÄKTA systems, JMP, Electronic documentation systems

Responsibilities

Lead and organize downstream process development activities for portfolio pipeline projects; Perform chromatography and membrane separation methods for protein purification; Independently plan, perform, and document scientific experiments; Evaluate results and design next experiments; Generate scientific documents for internal/external partners and registration; Support technology transfers and define process steering controls; Generate lab procedures, reports, and SOPs; Act as Functional Lead for DSP development projects.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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