MSAT Process Engineer for Gene Therapy – Secondment

AskBio Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AskBio is seeking a Sr. Process Engineer, Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) to join our Process Engineering team at the RTP, NC headquarters. This role supports scale-up, technology transfer, and cGMP manufacturing for clinical and commercial programs.

The incumbent will develop scale-down models, aid with PPQ readiness, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure supply continuity and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline with 5+ years of relevant biopharmaceutical experience.
• Master’s Degree with 3+ years of relevant biopharmaceutical experience.
• Hands-on upstream and/or downstream biomanufacturing laboratory experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to ~10%.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transfer small-scale gene therapy processes into the MSAT laboratory and transfer to the cGMP manufacturing scale.
• Design, execute, analyze and interpret process characterization experiments to generate robustness data and define the process control strategy for PPQ manufacturing campaigns.
• Develop small-scale models that predict the cGMP manufacturing scale.
• Author technical protocols and reports to support experimental work and maintain electronic notebooks.
• Provide effective communication of experimental results in technical presentations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead cross-functional investigations by contributing technical expertise to root-cause analysis and data-driven issue resolution.
• Ensure the laboratory is clean, organized and maintained, securing supplies and scheduling work.

Skills

Upstream/downstream biomanufacturing

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a scientific discipline

Master’s Degree in a scientific discipline

Tools

JMP Statistical Software

Job description

AskBio is seeking a Sr. Process Engineer, Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) to join our Process Engineering team at the RTP, NC headquarters. This role supports scale-up, technology transfer, and cGMP manufacturing for clinical and commercial programs.

The incumbent will develop scale-down models, aid with PPQ readiness, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure supply continuity and regulatory compliance.