Work Schedule
First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions
Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Job Description

Are you ready to advance your scientific research career? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong work behaviors to join our team as a Scientist III within our Cell Biology team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to research projects with the potential to make a significant impact in the scientific community.

US - Grand Island, NY

What will you do?

• Design experimental plans, lead study execution, analyze experimental data, generate laboratory protocols, and write technical reports, quantitative analyses, and product summaries.
• Generate and optimize clonal cell lines for stable expression of recombinant proteins and therapeutic molecules.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems associated with various types of R&D projects.
• Exercise practical judgment within broadly defined practices and policies and exhibit creativity and foresight in selecting approaches and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Interact closely with other internal departments (i.e., Marketing, Business Development, Quality, Operations) in commercializing new products and customer and business support.
• Maintain accurate lab notebook to support the protection of intellectual property following relevant Thermo Fisher required standards.

• Bachelor's degree with 5 plus years of experience, master's degree with 3 plus years of experience, or Ph.D. in Biology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics or other related discipline, or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Expertise in the methods and techniques of small-scale mammalian cell culture (i.e., shake flasks, deep well plates, ambr15 micro-bioreactors, etc.).

• Proficiency in cell culture techniques, transfection, cloning, and molecular biology methods.
• Solid understanding of data analysis and statistical software (e.g., JMP, GraphPad). Demonstrated ability to interpret complex datasets and make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Competence in research design, troubleshooting, and evaluating new techniques and procedures.

• Experience with flow cytometry, high-throughput screening, and analytical tools.
• Knowledge of protein quality attributes (glycosylation, charge variants, etc.)
• Experience in next-generation sequencing data analysis.
• Prior industrial experience, particularly in process development and/or cell culture media formulation development.
• Understanding of chemical, biochemical, and physical interactions of cell culture media and reagent components
• Previous experience with cell lines used in bioproduction (e.g. CHO & HEK)
• Familiarity with the operation of bench-top stirred tank bioreactors and related process development laboratory equipment as well as the scale-up of bioreactor and mixing systems.

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount