# Senior Process Engineer, Cell Therapy Process Development

Position Summary We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Process Engineer to support cell therapy process characterization and commercialization activities. In this role, you will play critical role in advancing late-stage cell therapy process development, process characterization, PPQ readiness, BLA-enabling studies, and technology transfer to different manufacturing sites. This position focuses specifically on cell therapy unit operations, including T-cell enrichment, activation, transduction, washes and harvest either semi-automated or automated equipment. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, hands-on experience with cell therapy unit operations, and demonstrates success in supporting clinical and commercial readiness. Key Responsibilities Process development and characterization Design, execute, and support autologous or allogenic cell therapy process optimization and robustness studies. Drive implementation of closed-system operations and automation strategies to support scalability and compliance. Plan and execute process characterization studies (DOE, multivariate studies, scale-down models, and scale-up assessments) in alignment with QbD and ICH guidelin

- **Id**: 4187485
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/astrazeneca-senior-process-engineer-cell-therapy-process-development-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Gaithersburg, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T18:41:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T13:26:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6079
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cell & Gene Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Rare Disease Therapeutics, Cardiometabolic Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 13195
- **Name**: AstraZeneca
- **Domain**: astrazeneca.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/astra-zeneca>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 96000
- **Max**: 144000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 144000

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no
- **Bioreactors** — Optional: yes
- **FMEA** — Optional: yes
- **JMP** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T18:41:57Z

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- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
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- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T15:58:39Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 144000
- **Is top pay**: no

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