Scale Cell Culture Scientist – Bioprocess Design Center

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

On-site Plainville, MA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Our new Bioprocess Design Center is an innovative facility dedicated to demonstrating and training customers on our innovative single-use technologies, Upstream and Downstream solutions, cell culture media, cell lines, resin and analytical offerings. We are seeking a cell culture engineer who drives customer-centric process innovation by designing, executing, and delivering upstream process development programs that generate data-driven evidence of single-use technology (SUT) performance.

This role bridges Thermo Fisher’s product portfolio with real-world customer applications — advancing confidence in our technologies through evidence generation, customer process optimization, hands‑on training, and internal enablement.

The position plays a critical role in building technical credibility with customers, ensuring our bioprocessing solutions are validated through rigorous experimentation and well‑documented performance metrics. This individual also supports small‑scale process development up to 5,000L scale. The role leads customer training initiatives and supports internal capability building on Thermo Fisher’s SUT platforms.

• Design and execute cell culture studies to replicate and optimize customer bioprocess workflows using Thermo Fisher SUT equipment (e.g., bioreactors, mixers, and harvest systems).
• Develop technical data packages demonstrating process robustness, scalability, and product performance across a range of customer applications.
• Generate scientifically defensible evidence for product claims and marketing collateral, aligned with BDC goals for evidence generation and customer adoption.
• Collaborate with Application Scientists and R&D to feed experimental data back into product development and next‑generation technology design.

• Lead and deliver hands‑on customer training sessions focused on best practices in SUT operation, upstream process control, and data analytics.
• Translate complex technical concepts into practical training modules for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner with commercial teams to support customer visits, technology showcases, and pilot demonstrations that strengthen confidence in Thermo Fisher solutions.

• Conduct internal training programs for Thermo Fisher colleagues, focusing on the application, troubleshooting, and process design aspects of SUT bioprocessing technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and operational readiness within the BDC.
• Provide cross‑functional guidance on experimental design, data interpretation, and single‑use process integration.

• Contribute to the design of next‑generation process solutions by integrating feedback from BDC studies into product and system development.
• Lead initiatives that showcase end‑to‑end workflows combining upstream, harvest, and analytical tools within the Thermo Fisher ecosystem.
• Partner with global R&D, marketing, and…