Staff Scientist - Biopharmaceuticals, GMP

Research Scientist / Staff Scientist

This is a fully onsite role based at our GMP Laboratory in Middleton, WI. We welcome applicants from all locations within the US. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and any relocation costs will be the responsibility of the candidate. 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.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought-leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Research Scientist provides expert-level technical leadership within the laboratory as a senior scientific contributor and recognized technical authority. This role delivers oversight for nonroutine programs (analytical development, validation, transfer) and/or serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for specific analytical technologies, while maintaining an active laboratory presence. In this role, you would operate as a well-established non-routine technical lead for method establishment work and is grounded in laboratory execution, technical decision making, and scientific oversight rather than routine study management (release, stability or quality control).

The Research Scientist provides technical leadership and mentorship to laboratory staff, guiding execution across multiple client programs. This role partners closely with laboratory leadership to ensure scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and the long-term sustainability of technical capabilities and processes. This role serves as a technical driver and decision-maker for non-routine testing, method establishment, complex investigations within assigned scope, and may assist Study Leads on complex technical challenges.

However this role does not own routine study timelines, client communications, or client deliverables.

Role Responsibilities:

• Provides technical oversight for complex, non-routine analytical testing (analytical development, validation, and transfer), method establishment, and technology-driven programs.
• Serves as a senior technical authority and SME for one or more analytical technologies, platforms, or scientific disciplines.
• Guides scientific decision-making to ensure appropriate experimental design, execution strategy, and data interpretation.
• Reviews and/or approves technical documents including methods, protocols, reports, and quality records to ensure quality and compliance.
• Designs, executes, and/or oversees complex laboratory experiments, development, transfer, and validation activities.
• Maintains sufficient hands-on laboratory engagement to ensure technical credibility and executional alignment.
• Supports resolution of complex technical issues, atypical results, and escalated investigations through direct scientific involvement.
• Contributes to quality management by conducting in-depth data analysis and root cause analysis to identify issues and support continuous improvement.
• May function as a well-established non-routine technical lead for multiple non-routine or method establishment programs, providing guidance and…