Quality Control (QC) Scientist I

Quality Control (QC) Scientist I

Location:

Grand Island, NY Shift: First Shift | Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Some schedule flexibility may be required during training or to support production needs.)

Join a team that's improving lives around the world.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join more than 100,000 colleagues who bring our Mission to life every day—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

As a Scientist I on our Quality Control team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the quality of raw materials used to manufacture cell culture media that support life-saving biologics and vaccines. Whether you're looking to deepen your analytical chemistry expertise, expand your cGMP experience, or build a long-term career with a global leader in life sciences, Thermo Fisher offers the opportunity to grow while making a real difference.

Why you'll love working here:

Located in Grand Island, New York, our Bio Production campus combines cutting-edge science with a collaborative team environment and opportunities for career growth. Our division supports developers and manufacturers of biological therapeutics and vaccines through a comprehensive portfolio of premium cell culture media, buffers, custom services, analytical testing, and single-use solutions across the biologics workflow.

How you'll make an impact:

As a Quality Control Scientist I, you'll perform analytical testing and quality evaluations that ensure raw materials meet the highest quality standards for use in cell culture media manufacturing. Your work will directly support manufacturing operations, regulatory compliance, and customer confidence while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across the laboratory.

In this role, you will:

• Perform routine and complex qualitative and quantitative analyses of raw materials used in cell culture media production.
• Utilize a variety of analytical techniques including FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, HPLC, GC, polarimetry, moisture determination by autotitrator, and other wet chemistry methods.
• Follow and maintain compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and all laboratory safety requirements.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for testing methodologies while providing technical support for raw material release decisions.
• Collaborate with internal site teams and external testing partners to ensure accurate and timely analytical results.
• Execute lot management activities including sample logging, review, documentation, and tracking using LIMS and related systems.
• Provide technical expertise and support for raw material testing, evaluation, and release decisions.
• Perform and/or coordinate wet chemistry analyses using internal methods and compendial methodologies including USP, EP, ACS, and related standards.
• Operate and maintain analytical instrumentation including HPLC, GC, FTIR, UV-Vis, polarimetry, autotitrators, and other laboratory equipment used for raw material testing.
• Support laboratory method verifications, method validations, and instrument qualification activities.
• Utilize computer systems including Sample Manager (LIMS), Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Support the training and technical development of Quality Control Technicians.
• Lead or support investigations related to laboratory testing issues, deviations, and out-of-specification events.
• Assist with updates to laboratory procedures and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide guidance to laboratory leadership regarding factors that may affect analytical data quality.
• Recommend and support Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) when appropriate.
• Foster a positive, collaborative laboratory culture that emphasizes teamwork, engagement, and scientific excellence.
• Demonstrate professionalism, sound judgment, and effective communication when working with internal customers, auditors, and external partners.
• Perform additional laboratory responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

• Education required:
  
  Bachelor's degree in…