Senior Process Development Scientist

• Lead process development projects to improve Wildtype’s scaling operations, including supervising junior scientists and engineers

• Design, review, execute, and analyze process development experiments ranging from bench through pilot scale, leading to process transfer to commercial scale

• Partner with our leadership team to define scale-up plans and work through technical roadblocks

• Transfer bench scale processes through pilot scale, leading to process transfer to commercial scale

• Optimize production processes to improve product yields consistent with safety and quality standards

• Establish operating procedures consistent with good manufacturing practices in a food context

• Provide input to setting Wildtype’s goals and milestones for 2022 and 2023

• Support leaders across the organization through technical problem solving

• 5+ years of hands-on cell-culture bioprocess development and process transfer from bench- to commercial-scale.

• 1+ years of experience managing 2-4 direct reports

• A deep understanding of process variables, such as, Kla, power values as they apply to scaling up/down an efficient process.

• Equipment validation to qualify prototype instruments

• Experience developing processes for a wide variety of cell lines

• Creatively applying your previous experience to the development of an entirely novel set of bioprocesses

• Deep experience with a wide range of bioreactor platforms and control systems

• How to work in and lead a diverse, team-based environment

• How to apply your experience in large-scale cell culture to the production of next-generation seafood

• Within 1 month you will have adapted your experience in process development to Wildtype’s unique context. You will have also assumed mentorship responsibilities for at least two more junior scientists and will play an active role in developing the next generation of scientists and engineers at the company. You will have set your professional development goals for the next twelve months.

• Within 3 months you will have assumed responsibility for Wildtype’s process development projects such as, the installation, validation, operation, and maintenance of the company’s fleet of bioreactors. You will have written and operationalized standard procedures consistent with good manufacturing practices for food. You will regularly design and test new equipment as Wildtype continues to scale its production capacity.

• Within 6 months your efforts on R&D over the past six months will have also yielded significant improvements to Wildtype’s production efficiencies. Your leadership responsibilities will expand as our scaling R&D and the production team grows. You will have trained several new hires and built a high-performing team of production associates and supervisors for our pilot production facility. You will have also contributed in defining hiring plans for the next stage of Wildtype’s growth into 2022 and 2023. You will be working closely with our leadership team to set production goals and manage output for Wildtype’s pilot plant.

• Within 12 months you will be overseeing production of cells in the world’s first pilot-scale facility for cell-cultivated seafood. You will be working closely with our facilities and inventory managers to ensure adequate stocks of reagents to meet production and R&D cell production demands.

The hiring range for this position is $1750,000 - $185,000, plus equity.