Senior R&D Scientist Downstream

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Senior R&D Scientist Downstream, Fast Trak Process Design and Validation Services will be responsible for planning and executing the technical portion of R&D development or improvement projects for any service in the R&D strategic plan. This will include services and/or products associated with our portfolio downstream process development services. Working from early phase (definition of specs) through concept and design and then into testing and validation. Supervision of facility setup and documentation to support launch of the service to the market.

What you’ll do:

• Be a technical lead on innovation projects. Collaborate closely the R&D project managers and other departments to ensure seamless execution of deliverables in new service/product development projects.
• Define technical requirements to support new service/product designs to meet marketing defined customer needs.
• Plan, risk assess, execute and report on technical studies at various stages of a project.
• Design and conduct verification/validation studies to demonstrate compliance of new product/service designs with technical and marketing requirements.
• Provide support to ensure laboratory compliance to Environment, Health & Safety regulations.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in molecular / biology / biochemistry / bioengineering (or related fields)
• 5+ years strong experience leading and delivering technical projects.
• Highly motivated, with a creative and forward-thinking attitude to problem-solving and troubleshooting. Able to work autonomously to achieve results.
• Agility to work across multiple and varied projects simultaneously.
• Good reporting and presentation skills; able to adjust to different audiences.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Aseptic laboratory methods and techniques
• Knowledge of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and scientific methods Upstream or downstream biotechnology unit operations

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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