Senior Scientist, Process Development — Cell & Gene Therapy

Cellipont; Research Forest (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K strong employer match

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Bonuses

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Cellipont Bioservices is seeking a Senior Scientist, Process Development with extensive experience in Lentiviral and EV therapies. The role focuses on designing and optimizing cell culture, purification, and formulation workflows, ensuring cGMP compliance and collaboration with clients.

The candidate will lead process development projects, work across analytical and manufacturing transfers, and drive solutions from bench to final production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 4–6 years minimum of industry experience or PhD with 1–2 years industry experience.
• Experience in Process Development for Cell and Gene Therapy is required.
• Hands-on experience with mammalian tissue culture including both adherent and suspension cells, and bioreactors.
• Experience with upstream and downstream processing for lentiviral or EV therapies, including unit operations like chromatography, TFF, and UF/DF.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize and perform experiments to improve processes for therapy programs.
• Scale mammalian cell culture from bench-scale to high-scale bioreactors.
• Develop purification workflows to remove HCP/DNA while isolating product.
• Coordinate with analytical development to test and characterize the product in development.
• Lead discussions with clients for process development projects.

Skills

Lentiviral processing

EV upstream processing

Mammalian cell culture

TFF/UF/DF

Chromatography

Bioreactors

GMP experience

Process development

Data analysis

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in relevant field

PhD with 1–2 years industry experience

Tools

Chromatography Systems

Filtration systems

Job description

Cellipont Bioservices is seeking a Senior Scientist, Process Development with extensive experience in Lentiviral and EV therapies. The role focuses on designing and optimizing cell culture, purification, and formulation workflows, ensuring cGMP compliance and collaboration with clients.

The candidate will lead process development projects, work across analytical and manufacturing transfers, and drive solutions from bench to final production.