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Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.\nBionova is a rapidly growing, biologics CDMO focused on developing and manufacturing recombinant protein products using mammalian cell culture processes. Our business success is built on bringing together top scientific talent, arming them with the best available tools, and setting them loose in an agile, energized culture focused on solving difficult client problems. Because our success depends on our ability to exceed our clients’ expectations, we look for candidates with an innate desire to serve. Adaptability and an interest in transformative action are also common attributes among our team. Bionova became a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Medical in May 2022, a division of Tokyo-based Asahi Kasei Group. This acquisition has enabled Bionova to greatly accelerate growth of the business, both in capacity of current service offerings and expansion into new service offerings.Company:\nBionova Scientific LLCJob Description:\nThe Engineer I/Sr. Engineer, in Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) will actively contribute to the manufacturing and technology transfer projects at the Bionova Scientific West Warren Fremont location. As part of the MSAT group, you will have opportunities to work on and specialize in expertise of Upstream (US) Cell Culture and/or Downstream (DS) Purification. The position will work with multiple functional teams at Bionova to coordinate GMP Manufacturing readiness activities, tech transfer, and support successful completion of client manufacturing projects. Job location will be in Fremont, California.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nBased on experience, coordination or management of GMP manufacturing readiness and tech transfer tasks as part of new product introduction (NPI) for client projects. Candidate will work with Bionova functional teams to ensure readiness of raw materials, documents, equipment, processes and facilities activities.\nGenerate and maintain GMP material bill of materials (BOM). Activities will involve using ERP system (e.g. QAD).\nEnsure facility fit and tech transfer process working with internal process development teams, vendors, and clients.\nSupport tech transfer of processes using single-use equipment including but not limited to bioreactor, chromatography, depth filtration, VD and/or TFF.\nSupport US or DS equipment troubleshooting, authoring deviations, corrective actions (CAPA), and change controls.\nAuthor and review technical documents such as reports, experimental plans, production batch records, training materials, and manufacturing SOPs per project needs.\nLead internal meetings and communicate effectively with internal stakeholders.\nContributes to quality activities such as investigations, authoring deviations, CAPAs, and Change Controls.\nUndertake and successfully execute additional projects and assignments to refine and improve workstreams and systems.\nMaintains own training within compliance and trains other upon completion of trainer qualification.\nDocuments work according to cGMP and cGDP.\nAdheres to established regulations and follows cGMP established by site.\nWorking Conditions\nThis position required to work in a lab/office setting. The role requires walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 20 pounds independently.\nQualifications\nBS, MS, or PhD in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related discipline with 3-5 years (Engineer 1) and 5-10 years (Sr. Engineer) of relevant experience, or combination of experience and relevant advanced degree, preferably in biopharma manufacturing role.\nHands-on experience working in a GMP manufacturing facility with either upstream fermentation equipment (e.g. single-use bioreactor) or downstream purification equipment (e.g. chromatography).\nExperience with process development, process characterization and/or tech. transfer processes.\nWorking knowledge of cGMP compliance as it pertains to procedures, processes, and manufacturing.\nExperience with process monitoring software and equipment software (e.g. UNICORN, Pi Historian).\nExperience with ERP systems (QAD).\nCreative thinker that can identify better and more efficient methods to address issues and gaps.\nDemonstrate ability to work independently, organize, and communicate effectively.\nAbility to prioritize assignments and to manage multiple projects simultaneously.\nThe base compensation range for this role is $45 - $65/ hour. Base compensation is influenced by many factors including, but not limited to time in the role, previous experience, skills, knowledge, performance, work requirements, internal equity and business/ economic conditions.\nAs an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.\nAs an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5351,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Advanced Materials","Chemical Manufacturing","Construction"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-28T01:22:42Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Filed H-1B visas in the last two years","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["conf:8","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":130000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/asahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/asahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-01T13:29:53Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":20713,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-02T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1815251},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1815251"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fasahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fasahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fasahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/asahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fasahi-kasei-msat-engineer-senior-engineer-temporary-full-time"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3371982}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"asahi-kasei.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3371982},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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