Cell Culture Bioprocess Scientist—Scale-Up & GMP

Bayer CropScience Limited; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision

Dental

Retirement

PTO

Job summary

Bayer is seeking an Associate Cell Culture Scientist in Berkeley, CA. You will develop and optimize cell culture and bioprocess steps for mAb and cell therapy, working to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing and seamless transfers from lab to production.

You will contribute to interdisciplinary project teams, document results thoroughly, and perform under GMP guidelines to support clinical and commercial manufacturing.

Qualifications

• BS in a relevant scientific or engineering discipline with 2+ years in process development.
• Hands-on cell culture and/or mAb process development experience.
• Experience with GMP in clinical or commercial manufacturing.
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent documentation and audited notebook practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct medium to complex process development experiments for mAb and cell therapy.
• Ensure GMP compliance and complete required GMP training.
• Analyze data, interpret results, and drive process improvements.
• Evaluate new methods and assays to improve robustness.
• Troubleshoot experiments and propose corrective actions.
• Supervise lab technicians and maintain quality lab practices.
• Prepare reports and present updates in team meetings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for process transfers and scale-up.

Skills

Cell culture

Bioprocess development

GMP knowledge

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

BS in biosciences or engineering

MS/PhD in bioprocess or related

Job description

Bayer is seeking an Associate Cell Culture Scientist in Berkeley, CA. You will develop and optimize cell culture and bioprocess steps for mAb and cell therapy, working to ensure robust, scalable manufacturing and seamless transfers from lab to production.

You will contribute to interdisciplinary project teams, document results thoroughly, and perform under GMP guidelines to support clinical and commercial manufacturing.