Senior Process Development Engineer - Biologics; Remote

Position: Senior Process Development Engineer - Biologics (Remote)
About the Role

Our client, a leader in the development and manufacturing of advanced biologics, is seeking a highly skilled Senior Process Development Engineer. This is a critical, fully remote role focused on designing, optimizing, and scaling up bioprocesses for therapeutic proteins and other biological products. You will be at the forefront of innovation, applying your expertise to ensure robust, efficient, and reproducible manufacturing processes.

As a remote-first company, we champion asynchronous communication, advanced collaboration tools, and a culture of trust and autonomy, ensuring our remote team members are fully integrated and productive. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the production of life-saving therapies from your home office. Your technical prowess will be key to our success. The Paarl vicinity is noted for administrative oversight within our client's South African structure, though your role will be performed entirely remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize upstream and downstream bioprocesses for the manufacture of biologics (e.g., mAbs, recombinant proteins).
• Design and execute experiments to understand process parameters, identify critical process controls (CPCs), and establish process design space.
• Scale-up processes from laboratory to pilot and commercial manufacturing scales, ensuring process robustness and consistency.
• Troubleshoot process deviations and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Utilize Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and statistical tools for process monitoring and control.
• Author development reports, technology