Thermo Fisher Scientific · 3 weeks ago
Senior Process Development Scientist
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expThermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The Senior Process Development Scientist is responsible for developing and optimizing processes for production while ensuring quality, schedule, and cost requirements are met. This role involves independent work in laboratory settings and leading teams to enhance laboratory operations and equipment use.
Research
Responsibilities
Follow established methods and standard operating procedures
Work independently or lead a team to troubleshoot problems, recommend and execute improvements in laboratory operations and equipment use
Analyze and simulate existing/new processes; design and execute experiments for characterization, isolation and purification of new product/processes using various techniques in process development/manufacturing
Discover, develop and optimize reliable, robust and cost-efficient processes that are amenable to scale change. Evaluate processes for safety and reproducibility during development and scale up
Write technical reports, critical experiment plan, item qualification and operating procedures for product manufacturing and equipment
Provide product costing analysis. Evaluate equipment need, and provide selection and safety recommendation
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and training to Manufacturing and Process Development staff on process optimization and scale up
Provide technical presentation to staff and Management team
When needed, act as the project manager when working individually or with cross-functional teams to prepare for new product launches or other operational projects
Participate/lead PPI projects
The individual must understand and comply with RCRA Standards
The position is also responsible for any other duties apparent or assigned
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. required, or an equivalent combination of degree and experience in nucleic acids or peptide chemistry
8+ years of demonstrated industrial experience in multistep organic synthesis, purification, process development/validation, scale up of heterocyclic compounds (Nucleic Acids/Peptide preferred), product analysis and instrumentation (HPLC, LC/MS, NMR)
Demonstrated experience in process development techniques and application (process optimization, experimental design, and data analysis)
Must possess expert analytical, troubleshooting, mathematical/data analysis, and technical writing skills, along with the ability to present information effectively to audiences of varying technical understanding
Strong understanding of analytical data, troubleshooting, and method development
Must be available to work overtime, including weekends as project schedule warrants
Ability to regularly handle chemicals, solvents, and potentially hazardous substances
Be mechanically adept and able to apply mechanical fundamentals to properly operate, the equipment within their area of responsibility
Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distant vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and differentiate colors
The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, and crawl and frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds with assistance
Benefits
Competitive remuneration
Annual incentive plan bonus
Healthcare
A range of employee benefits
Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The world leader in serving science To serve science, Thermo Fisher Scientific needs to stay ahead of it, we need to anticipate customer needs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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