Scientist II - Upstream
danaher· Global Life Sciences Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
About this role
Essential Responsibilities
- Plan, develop, and conduct upstream cell culture projects from lab scale process development to large scale production in 200L bioreactor or larger.
- Perform experimental activities with Wave /XDR /iCellis bioreactors and culture media to support the success of Cytiva's cell culture business, including bioreactor and media.
- Analyze and evaluate the experimental data and results and report to customers; prepare scientific publications based on these data and results.
- Prepare presentation material and present at scientific conference and/or in front of customers as needed.
- Deliver Fast Trak technical training courses with the same global standard to customers.
- Understand and satisfy the customers' training needs through in-class training and the follow-up actions after training.
- Support sales activities in-house and/or at the customer sites.
- Able and willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
- Understand marketing trends to support sales department and customers with expert advice.
- Working closely with field application specialists, support customers by offering trouble-shoots, bioprocess development services and consulting.
Who you are
- Master’s degree required and Ph.D. degree preferred.
- Has in-depth technical knowledge and hands-on experience in biopharmaceutical upstream processing including fermentation, cell culture and harvest.
- Experience in large-scale production of plasmids, viral vectors, and exosomes is preferred.
- Good presentation and interpersonal skills, self-direction, people-oriented, proactive, good planning & execution skill, sense of responsibility, fast learner and team player.
- Good scientific writing and oral presentation skills.
- Customer focused, commercially aware.
- Fluent in English/Chinese (reading/speaking/writing).
- Good organizational skills.
- Good teamwork with team members and local commercial team.
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.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
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This Scientist II - Upstream position at danaher was posted on Aug 31, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Scientist II - Upstream
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