Process Engineer II (Cell Culture/Biotech)

Zohorecruit; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Paid Sickleave

401K

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a Process Engineer II in Santa Monica, CA to contribute to cell culture and bioprocess development for T-cell therapies. The role involves hands-on manufacturing support, process optimization, and collaboration across R&D, MSAT, and QA teams.

The position emphasizes developing scalable processes, performing DOE studies, and ensuring compliance with GMP standards in a fast-paced biotech setting.

Qualifications

• MS in Biochemical/Chemical Engineering or related field with practical pharma background.
• BS in related field plus 2 years’ pharma manufacturing or tech transfer experience.
• Hands-on cell culture and aseptic techniques required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on cell culture, aseptic processing, and development studies.
• Develop, optimize, and improve manufacturing processes for T-cell therapies.
• Design and execute process development studies and DOE analyses.
• Analyze process performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support technology transfers, process validation, and GMP manufacturing.
• Develop SOPs, study plans, batch records, and technical reports.
• Provide process training for GMP clinical production.
• Collaborate with Research, Translational Medicine, Process Development, Manufacturing, and MSAT teams.
• Present study results and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Cell culture

Aseptic technique

DOE statistics

Process development

Technology transfer

Education

MS in Biochemical Engineering or Chemical Engineering

BS in related engineering + 2 years experience

Tools

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Process Engineer II (Cell Culture/Biotech)

Santa Monica, United States

Our client, a worldleader in life sciences and biotechnology, is looking for a“ProcessEngineer II” based in Santa Monica, CA.

Job Duration:LongTerm Contract(Possibility of Conversion to FTE)

Pay Rate : $51.25/hr onW2

Company Benefits

• Medical


• Paid Sickleave


• 401K

Key Responsibilities

• Conducthands-on cell culture, aseptic processing, and process development studies.


• Develop,optimize, characterize, and improve manufacturing processes for T-celltherapies.


• Designand execute process development studies and DOE/statistical analyses.


• Analyzeand trend process performance and identify improvement opportunities.


• Supporttechnology transfers, process validation, IND activities, and GMP clinicalmanufacturing.


• Develop/reviewSOPs, study plans, batch records, protocols, and technical reports.


• Provideprocess training for GMP clinical production.


• Collaboratewith Research, Translational Medicine, Process Development, Manufacturing,and MSAT teams.


• Presentstudy results and recommendations to technical and senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

• MSin Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field + 0years experience ,OR


• BSin related engineering field + 2 years pharmaceuticalmanufacturing/process development/technology transfer experience.


• Hands-on cell culture and aseptic technique experience.


• Experiencewith media preparation, cell counting, reagents, and cryopreservation.

Preferred

• Celltherapy / T-cell manufacturing experience.


• Knowledgeof immunology and T-cell biology.


• cGMPpharmaceutical manufacturing experience.


• Processdevelopment and DOE experience.


• Bioreactorexperience.


• JMPor Minitab.


• LeanSix Sigma, statistical process control, and process data management.