Process Development Scientist

Benefits

• $36-$43/hr - exact rate is based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
• Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law
• 12 month contract

• Minimum of 2 years of process development for autologous cell therapy or CAR‑T manufacturing
• Bachelor's Degree in related field of study
• Hands on experience with Clini
  
  MACs Prodigy instrument for T‑cell manufacturing
• Primary cell culture experience
• Aseptic cell processing technique

• NC200 or 250 as cell counter
• Working in cell culture bioreactors such as G‑Rex

Our large pharmaceutical client is seeking a Scientist to join the Process Development team within the Cell Therapy Development organization. This person will be focused on manufacturing process development for late stage autologous CAR T assets. They will spend about 80% of their time in the lab setting up and running automation instruments for T cell manufacturing (primarily Prodigy), doing manipulation with cells, sampling, and making sure equipment is running properly.

They will primarily be focused on process development in Car‑T and its transition to manufacturing.

Key responsibilities include:

• Perform aseptic cell processing and primary cell culture in support of CAR T material generation.
• Execute small- and full-scale CAR T processing protocols.
• Run cell culture, harvest samples, and analyze data using lab-based instruments.
• Maintain electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and contribute to in vivo study preparations.
• Collaborate across teams to support process development and scale-up for CAR T assets.
• Draft SOPs and study reports