Senior Data Scientist, Real-Time Bioprocess Analytics

Sanofi Group; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi US Services in Waltham, MA seeks a Senior Data Scientist for PAT within our Process Modeling – Vaccines R&D Data & Computational Science team. You’ll build machine learning and chemometric models to turn real-time process data into insights for precise, scalable vaccine manufacturing.

You will collaborate with development, manufacturing, analytics, automation, and digital teams to deploy AI-driven monitoring and quality attributes across mRNA, recombinant protein, and viral vector

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• 1+ years of relevant pharma/academic experience; internships/co-ops considered.
• Hands-on experience with real-time process monitoring, chemometrics, ML, or data science in biopharma or vaccines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy predictive models and monitoring tools for real-time oversight of vaccine development and manufacturing.
• Build models and soft sensors for process parameters and quality attributes.
• Analyze data from spectroscopic and sensor-based tools (Raman, NIR, IR, UV-Vis) across online to at-line settings.
• Apply multivariate analysis, ML, and statistics to improve process understanding and product quality.
• Collaborate with process development, manufacturing, analytical sciences, automation, and digital teams to deploy solutions.
• Support characterization, scale-up, technology transfer, validation, and ongoing process verification through data analysis.
• Shape strategy for real-time process monitoring across vaccine platforms.

Skills

Strong problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

SIMCA

SynTQ

Unscrambler

Raman spectroscopy

Near-infrared

Infrared

UV-Visible

Job description

Sanofi US Services in Waltham, MA seeks a Senior Data Scientist for PAT within our Process Modeling – Vaccines R&D Data & Computational Science team. You’ll build machine learning and chemometric models to turn real-time process data into insights for precise, scalable vaccine manufacturing.

You will collaborate with development, manufacturing, analytics, automation, and digital teams to deploy AI-driven monitoring and quality attributes across mRNA, recombinant protein, and viral vector