Principal Scientist - Cell Culture Development (Melbourne)

Your Responsibilities
- Provide scientific leadership and technical expertise in cell culture process development, optimisation, and scale‑up.
- Design and execute upstream development strategies across high-throughput and mid‑scale platforms.
- Lead and contribute to experimental planning, execution, and data interpretation with strong scientific rigour.
- Support process development across the full lifecycle from clone selection through to process characterisation.
- Guide and mentor team members, sharing expertise and building capability.
- Contribute to regulatory documentation and submissions.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to enable tech transfer and manufacturing readiness. Skills & Experience
- Postgraduate degree (MSc, PhD, MEng or equivalent) in a relevant field.
- Significant experience in cell culture process development (industry or advanced academic setting).
- Proven track record working with recombinant protein production or similar systems.
- Comfortable working in cross‑functional and multicultural teams.
- Experience with the following is highly regarded: Mammalian cell culture, particularly CHO systems; Early‑ and late‑stage process development; Media development and metabolic modelling; Process optimisation aligned to product quality attributes; Bioreactor scale‑up and scale‑down; Technology transfer or implementation of manufacturing processes. Why Join Us?
- Work on cutting‑edge biologics development.
- Influence key scientific and technical decisions.
- Collaborate with a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team.
- Be part of work that ultimately supports patient impact. Applications close on: 3 June 2026. Equal Chance Employer – CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact us to request an accommodation. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rsu9o