Lead Cell Culture Development Scientist (Melbourne)

## Principal Scientist
- Cell Culture DevelopmentBewerbenlocations: APAC, AU, Victoria, Melbourne, CSL Limited Melbournetime type: Vollzeitposted on: Heute ausgeschriebentime left to apply: Enddatum: 4. Juni 2026 (Noch 9 Tage Zeit für Bewerbung)job requisition id: R-280281We’re hiring a Principal Scientist in Cell Culture Development to join our team in Melbourne and play a key role in advancing biologics development.This is a senior technical role where you’ll lead upstream process development, provide scientific direction, and help bring high-quality recombinant products from early development through to manufacturing readiness. You’ll work across platforms, collaborate cross-functionally, and contribute to impactful programs that support patient outcomes.**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 datainterpretation with solid scientific rigour* Suppor**t** 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 impactIf you’re a scientist who enjoys combining deep technical expertise with leadership and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.Applications Close on: June 3rd 2026

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