Senior Scientist – Cell Culture / IPSC

Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Laboratory Setting

Job Description

Senior Scientist – Cell Culture / IPSC

Shift: Full-Time; Monday – Friday; 8am-5pm EST

ONSITE:

This is a fully onsite role based at our customer’s site in (Medford, MA). We welcome applicants from all locations within the US. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and any relocation costs will be the responsibility of the candidate. 

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Our Laboratories Functional Service Partnership (FSP) team plays a direct role in advancing drug development by creating sustained groups of talent within our customers’ organizations to provide long-term support. Through this collaborative approach, our professionals bring their commitment to excellence, industry knowledge, and operational strength directly into customer environments, helping to enhance capabilities and advance the delivery of life-changing therapies.

Key responsibilities:

• Must have industrial cell culture experience especially in expanding and differentiating iPSC in an industry environment.
• Cell Culture, Aseptic Technique, expansion and cryopreservation experience is a MUST HAVE
• Completes experiments in a reliable, consistent manner
• Demonstrates high level of attention to details
• Performs initial analysis of experimental data and interprets immediate experimental outcomes
• Records experiments and results in laboratory notebooks (including all electronic systems) in accordance with lab procedures
• Recognizes problems and suggests experiments to troubleshoot issues
• Execute on new ideas to improve workflows, consistency and efficiency of the cell culture processes
• Clearly and effectively communicates (both written and verbal) results
• Leverages technical experience to help prioritize studies, based on Project impact
• Performs basic statistical analysis of experimental data, where appropriate
• Conducts own experimental troubleshooting on routine problems
• Assists with publication and patent submission processes
• Surveys relevant scientific literature to maintain awareness of issues and trends within the field
• Present studies effectively at internal Group/Department or Project Team research meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in lab sciences such as Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology or similar
• Sr. Scientist: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 4+ years’)
• OR Masters degree and previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years’)

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven technical proficiency and demonstrated skill in conducting and interpreting experiments including the expansion and differentiation of human iPS cell models.
• Industrial cell culture experience is a key to this position.
• Cell Culture, Aseptic Technique, expansion and cryopreservation experience is a MUST HAVE
• Experience with advanced cell culture techniques to culture human iPS cells.
• Uses technical knowledge to design and execute follow-up experiments
• Demonstrated understanding of analysis and interpretation of experimental data with proficient problem solving and protocol refinement
• Experience with advanced cell culture techniques to culture human cells
• Ability and willingness to work rotating weekend shifts according to business