Bioprocessing Staff Scientist, Parenteral & Biologics

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP in Wilmington is seeking a Bioprocessing Staff Scientist to join our Life Sciences team. The role reports to the Injectables Leader and focuses on lab and pilot-scale bioprocessing for proteins including antibodies with scale-up, formulation development, and analytical characterization.

Candidates should have 3–5 years in bioprocessing/pharma, strong teamwork, problem-solving, and the ability to travel ~20% for trials and customer meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience in bioprocessing and manufacturing of proteins.
• Protein analysis experience (including HPLC, CE, spectroscopic methods).
• B.S./M.S. in Biotechnology, Biochemistry , Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, or related discipline with 3-5 years of industry experience in bioprocessing/pharma fermentation and up-stream processing biologics formulations processing.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills to share development work within the organization and with customers.
• Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to travel occasionally (about 20%) for customer meetings or plant trials.

Responsibilities

• Experience in lab and pilot scale bioprocessing and manufacturing proteins including mAbs, peptide, fermentation, purification and, separation technologies.
• Industrial experience in technology/biopharmaceutical process development including upstream cell culture, protein purification and, characterization with an understanding of therapeutic proteins and antibodies.
• Scaleup knowledge preferred.
• Hands-on experience in formulation development, aseptic technique, biologic analysis, dissolution, degradation and stability analysis.
• Plan, execute, and interpret laboratory and pilot plant experiments to support new product development.
• Prepare technical presentations, posters, and papers for internal and external customers at customer sites, scientific conferences, and trade shows.
• Train and work with junior scientists and technicians.
• Experience working as a part of a team.

Skills

Bioprocessing expertise

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Presentation skills

Education

BS/MS in Biotech/Related field

Tools

HPLC

CE

Spectroscopy

DOE

Job description

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP in Wilmington is seeking a Bioprocessing Staff Scientist to join our Life Sciences team. The role reports to the Injectables Leader and focuses on lab and pilot-scale bioprocessing for proteins including antibodies with scale-up, formulation development, and analytical characterization.

Candidates should have 3–5 years in bioprocessing/pharma, strong teamwork, problem-solving, and the ability to travel ~20% for trials and customer meetings.