FSP Scientist

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Position: Scientist

ONSITE:

This is a fully onsite role based at our customer’s site in King of Prussia, PA. We welcome applicants from all locations within the US. Please note that relocation assistance is not provided for this position, and any relocation costs will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Thermo Fisher's clinical research business is a leading global contract research organization and world leader in serving science. We are passionate, deliberate, and driven by our mission – to enable our customers to make the world healthier, safer, and cleaner.

Our Laboratories Functional Service Partnership (FSP) team plays a direct role in advancing drug development by creating sustained groups of talent within our customers’ organizations to provide long-term support. Through this collaborative approach, our professionals bring their commitment to excellence, industry knowledge, and operational strength directly into customer environments, helping to enhance capabilities and advance the delivery of life-changing therapies.

Key responsibilities:

The candidate will support the development, characterization, scale-up, and technology transfer of downstream unit operations for biopharmaceutical drug-substance manufacture. The role will execute defined experimental and technical work across chromatography and filtration operations, generate reliable and traceable data, interpret results, resolve technical issues, and contribute to project decisions and documentation.

Key responsibilities

1. Experimental and technical delivery

Plan and execute downstream process-development studies across unit operations such as capture, intermediate and polishing chromatography, depth filtration, viral filtration, and ultrafiltration/diafiltration.

Execute agreed experimental plans safely and efficiently, ensuring that studies are appropriately prepared, controlled, documented, and completed to the expected quality.

Perform routine or defined experiments using established protocols, with appropriate guidance during unfamiliar or higher-complexity work.

Independently plan and manage experiments of increasing complexity, adapting study execution within an agreed technical strategy and coordinating the activities needed to complete a defined work package.

Operate and maintain relevant laboratory equipment after qualification and training, and identify equipment, material, or execution issues that could affect study quality or delivery.

2. Data analysis, interpretation, and technical recommendations

Analyze experimental and process data using appropriate statistical, digital, and visualization tools.

Assess data quality, identify trends and atypical results, and distinguish observations from conclusions.

Perform prescribed analyses, contribute to basic interpretation, and escalate unexpected or complex findings. Independently interpret data, draw conclusions, identify trends, compare alternatives, and propose technically supported next steps.

Translate results into concise recommendations for the responsible project scientist or workstream lead, including limitations, unresolved questions, and any need for additional work.

Apply a prediction-led or model-informed approach where appropriate, while retaining experimental verification and accountable scientific review.

3. Problem solving and troubleshooting

Identify and troubleshoot technical and experimental issues affecting chromatography, filtration, recovery, impurity clearance, process robustness, or equipment performance.

Address routine issues using established methods and seek support when the potential consequence exceeds the contractor’s assigned authority or experience.

Resolve complex issues independently or with minimal guidance, propose solutions supported by experimental evidence, and contribute to process improvement.

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