Upstream Scientist

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. Eurofins is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. The Group also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 55,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 50 countries. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

We have exciting, essential roles for Cell Culture Engineers.  We are looking for team members with various experience levels from new to the industry to expert level as well as leadership to support a client site in the Framingham, MA area.  This team will support routine daily maintenance and management of all lab-based equipment (including coordinating with vendor-supported maintenance per schedule), set-up and maintain small scale and pilot scale bioreactors, and executed Cell Culture studies in the small scale and pilot labs.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in science related field
• Experience executing cell culture studies in small scale/pilot lab
• Experience building bioreactors, taking down/washing bioreactors and all associated parts and probes
• Experience with set-up and maintenance of small scale and pilot scale bioreactors
• Experience inoculating, feeding, sampling reactors and shaking flasks, running samples on analytical equipment, compiling data/ results
• Experience maintain cell culture passages 
• Experience calibrating probes, autoclave bioreactors, and batch media aseptically
• Proficiency navigating online acquisition software (MFCS, DeltaV, ambr) and monitoring trends
• Experience with ELN

Additional Information

Position is full-time, Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm.  Candidates currently living within a commutable distance of Framingham, MA and the surrounding areas are encouraged to apply.

• Excellent full time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Eurofins is a M/F, Disabled, and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.