Career Opportunities

https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/pro...Waisman Biomanufacturing strives to employ dedicated individuals who have a strong work ethic, are goal-oriented and take pride in accomplishments, have a collaborative approach to team-work, and excel in problem-solving in a deadline-oriented work environment.

Waisman Biomanufacturing offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team dedicated to the production of novel vaccines and therapeutics for human clinical trials across the United States and beyond. WB's wide range of projects and clients enables team members to broaden their skill sets, operate cutting edge equipment, and manage complex projects. WB is inspired and motivated through work to help patient populations suffering from diseases without cures. We are seeking highly motivated, independent yet team-oriented candidates with an enthusiastic and positive attitude, excellent multi-tasking skills and willingness to excel in a fast-paced, client-oriented, team environment.

Current Job Openings

Process Development and Manufacturing Scientist (Cell Therapies)

Job Summary

As a Process Development and Manufacturing Scientist, every day will be a different adventure based on a wide variety of client projects. Because not every day is the same, you have the exciting opportunity to develop a broad skillset and become a subject matter expert (SME). PD and Manufacturing Scientists are responsible for developing and supporting manufacturing operations with any number of downstream and upstream manufacturing processes, developing and executing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for manufacturing operations, conducting equipment and process qualifications, performing manufacturing activities under cGMP guidelines and completing project assignments as required to support all of these.

Education

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemical or chemical engineering, or related field.

Preferred
Associate's Degree in related field and one year of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelor's Degree.

Qualifications

Well-qualified applicants will have the following preferred experience:
- 1+ years of experience working in one of the following is highly preferred: research laboratory, pilot plant, biomanufacturing and/or process development in biopharmaceuticals facility. Relevant undergraduate research experience may be considered.
- Prior experience in any of the following areas: Aseptic technique, adherent or suspension mammalian cell culture, stem cell culture and directed differentiation, clonal selection, controlled system single-use bioreactors, large scale cell concentration.
- Experience with laboratory equipment and analytical methods: Automated cell counters (Nexcelom 2000, Nucleocounter NC-200), flow cytometry, metabolite bioanalysis (Cedex Bio Analyzer), CliniMACs cell selection, Applicon ez-Controller, KSep cell concentration, gel electrophoresis, western blots, ELISAs, DNA/RNA isolation, column chromatography, TFF, PCR.
- Experience with equipment operation and/or interest in learning operation of new equipment.
- Experience with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and their application to the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals or interest in learning cGMP requirements.

Process Development and Manufacturing Scientist (Bioprocessing)

Job Summary:

As a Process Development and Manufacturing Scientist, every day will be a different adventure based on a wide variety of client projects. Because not every day is the same, you have the exciting opportunity to develop a broad skillset and become a subject matter expert (SME). PD and Manufacturing Scientists are responsible for developing and supporting manufacturing operations with any number of downstream and upstream manufacturing processes, developing and executing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for manufacturing operations, conducting equipment and process qualifications, performing manufacturing activities under cGMP guidelines and completing project assignments as required to support all of these.

Education:

Preferred
Associate's Degree in Biotechnology plus 3 years of experience is desired.

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemical or Chemical Engineering or a related field preferred.

Qualifications:

Well-qualified applicants will have the following preferred experience:
- One or more year(s) of experience working in one of the following is highly preferred: research laboratory, pilot plant, biomanufacturing and/or in process development for biopharmaceuticals. Relevant undergraduate research experience will be considered.
- Prior experience in any of the following areas: microbial or mammalian cell culture, purification of biological macromolecules (chromatography, tangential flow filtration, etc.), design of experiments (DOE), aseptic technique (e.g., cell culture used in production of recombinant protein).
- Experience with laboratory equipment, as well as analytical methods used for characterization of biological macromolecules (e.g., gel electrophoresis, western blot, bioanalysis, nucleofection, quantitative polymerase chain reaction [qPCR], automated chromatography [AKTA], flow cytometry, etc.)
- Experience with large scale biopharmaceutical equipment operation and/or the flexibility and desire to learn operation of new equipment.
- Experience with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and application to the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals or detail-oriented attitude and desire to learn.

Other

We're always looking for well-qualified candidates in process development and manufacturing, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance, so feel free to email your resume to careers@gmpbio.org as we may have a pending job opening to post.

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