Senior Manufacturing Scientist

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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The Senior Manufacturing Scientist for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for supporting the daily production needs of a Reagent protein purification manufacturing work cell. This includes investigation and resolution of assay failures during in-process/pre/post fill reagent testing, maintenance of bills of materials and material specification changes due to new material qualification or supplier changes, and updating/correcting SOPs in compliance with current quality system standards. There will be opportunities to tackle problems to keep reagents moving through the value stream to serve our customers with high-quality finished goods.

This position is an integral part of the Reagent Operations department located in Chaska, Minnesota, and will be on-site. At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

You will be a part of the Technical Operations team and report to the Senior Manager, Manufacturing Science, responsible for conducting investigations, document updates, design changes, troubleshooting, and more. If you thrive in a fast-paced and data-driven role and want to work to build a world-class manufacturing organization—read on!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide technical expertise and direction in multiple Immunoassay manufacturing areas, primarily the purification manufacturing work cell
• Lead multi-department teams to support/resolve non-conforming issues for existing products.
• Assess manufacturing processes and systems and implement improvements aimed at performance, quality, and cost.
• Communicate investigation status reports, proposals for further investigation, etc., via oral and written reports; Develop and implement changes to existing documentation in a timely manner.
• Solve immunoassay testing and manufacturing issues as they arise.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Biochemistry, chemistry, or biology (or related field) Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of industry experience or Master’s degree with 3+ years of industry experience or Doctoral degree
• Experience in a regulated industry preferred (e.g. FDA, ISO)
• Strong technical understanding of biochemical/immunoassay processes and experience analyzing and interpreting data.
• Subject matter expertise in protein purification techniques
• In depth knowledge and expertise of chromatography methods (affinity, ion exchange, size exclusion) and analytical methods (HPLC, UPLC, IEP, IEF, SDS PAGE)

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to lift, move or carry equipment up to 50 lb, any other physical requirements

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Project Management experience
• Manufacturing of biologicals or pharmaceuticals
• Validation/verification experience

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $85,000-$115,000k. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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