Scientist

Be part of something altogether life-changing!
Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry 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. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.
Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.
We are looking for a Fast Trak scientist with focus on analytical techniques to join our Fast Trak team, a global organization within Cytiva that works to support our customers in the biopharma industry. As Fast Trak scientist, you will be part of the Fast Trak EMEA team based out of Uppsala, Sweden. We are a dynamic and customer-facing team with great opportunities to develop and grow through a broad variety of process development services for various biomolecules as well as training courses supporting the EMEA biopharma industry. Are you passionate about process development, analytics, and customer interactions? Then we’d love to hear from you!
What you’ll do


As a Fast Trak scientist focusing on analytical techniques, you will be coordinating analytical activities, working directly with our customers in a dynamic and collaborative environment, acting as subject matter expert for analytics. You will also actively work with mid or downstream parts of bioprocessing.
You will take the role as an analytical expert, contributing with the analytical angle in discussions directly with the customer, develop and/or transfer analytical methods and perform analytical assays during projects. You will work proactively to contributing to process development projects with creative ideas on how to best solve challenges using analytical assays already in place or proposing the implementation of new ones.
The work includes conducting independent scientific work on various customer process development projects with monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, recombinant proteins, plasmids etc., including both administrative and laboratory work, both for analytics and bioprocessing.
The role can also include delivering training courses for customers, theoretical as well as practical, in the field of biomanufacturing.
To effectively perform the job, you will develop and nurture your internal network within the local and Fast Trak global scientific teams while also securing a creative environment in the customer projects to support and identify successful and scalable solutions for their biomanufacturing processes.

Who you are


MSc in biotechnology, bioprocess/biomedical engineering or related life sciences field.
Preferably 3+ years of experience working with analytical methods for biologics including HPLC/UPLC methods (e.g., SEC, IEX, RPC, protein A), PCR, electrophoresis and ELISA/SPR methods.
Experience of downstream bioprocessing.
Experience from analytical method development and/or SOP set up and method validation, QC and/or release testing, upstream related analytics, and equipment (metabolite analyzer, cell counting etc.).
Experience from various application areas such as mAbs, vaccines, recombinant proteins, plasmids etc. – both from the analytical perspective and from downstream bioprocessing.
Strong presentation and communication skills as well as advanced English skills (oral and writing).
A valid EU work permit is required for this role.
Preferably you also have industrial experience in up- or downstream processing of biomolecules or viral vectors and understanding of FDA/EMEA regulations for biologics (Phase I-II and commercial) as well as prior teaching and/or presentation experience with scientific material.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you are a person who thrives working in a flexible environment with demonstrated abilities to navigate in a collaborative, matrixed, and customer focused environment. You have a strong ability to spot customer needs, communicate solutions and build trust by collaborating to implement effective analytical methods.
Interview and selection will happen continuously, and the opening can be filled before last day of application, 19th of March. For questions regarding the role please contact hiring manager Lotta Molander at liselotte.molander@cytiva.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.
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