Senior Bioprocess Engineer - Biologics (Remote)

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Process Development Engineer for a fully remote role focused on designing, optimizing, and scaling bioprocesses for biologics from a home office. The candidate will drive robust, efficient, and reproducible manufacturing processes using advanced analytics and asynchronous collaboration.

You will lead upstream and downstream development, scale-up activities, and support technology transfer in a remote-first environment with Paarl oversight in SA.

Qualifications

• Advanced bioprocess development knowledge is required.
• Experience in upstream and downstream bioprocessing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize upstream and downstream bioprocesses for biologics (e.g., mAbs, recombinant proteins).
• Design and execute experiments to understand process parameters, identify CPCs, and establish design space.
• Scale-up processes from lab to pilot and commercial scales with robust process control.
• Troubleshoot deviations and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Utilize PAT and statistical tools for monitoring and control.
• Author development reports and technology transfer documentation.

Skills

Bioprocess development

Scale-up

DOE

PAT

Process analytics

Troubleshooting

MAbs

Tools

PAT tools

DOE software

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Process Development Engineer for a fully remote role focused on designing, optimizing, and scaling bioprocesses for biologics from a home office. The candidate will drive robust, efficient, and reproducible manufacturing processes using advanced analytics and asynchronous collaboration.

You will lead upstream and downstream development, scale-up activities, and support technology transfer in a remote-first environment with Paarl oversight in SA.