{"id":3567829,"url":"https://alion.io/job/fujifilm-senior-process-engineer","title":"Senior Process Engineer","company":{"id":9349,"name":"Fujifilm","domain":"fujifilm.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/fujifilm-holdings","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Madison, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":78000,"max_usd":148000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":6333},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Bioreactors","optional":false},{"name":"Design of Experiments","optional":false},{"name":"GMP","optional":false},{"name":"Flow Cytometry","optional":true},{"name":"PCR","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-31T13:21:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-31","last_verified_at":"2026-11-01T16:04:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Position Overview\nFCDI is recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer to support continued growth and ongoing customer projects within the Process Development (PD) team located in Madison, WI. As a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), FCDI’s PD team supports multiple customer programs by onboarding, developing, and transferring robust manufacturing processes for a diverse portfolio of iPSC-derived cell therapy products.\nWe are seeking an experienced, self-motivated, and detail-oriented process development engineer to serve as a technical authority within the PD team for late-stage clinical and commercial process development activities. In this hands-on laboratory role, you will continue building best practices, technical frameworks, and fit-for-purpose approaches for process characterization, scale-up studies, process control strategy development, and process lifecycle planning. You will collaborate closely with PD leadership and other cross-functional teams to ensure that processes and supporting strategies are scientifically sound, robust, phase-appropriate, and aligned with client needs and regulatory expectations.\nThe successful candidate will be motivated by the opportunity to partner closely with CDMO clients to plan, execute, and deliver high-quality process development work that meets project commitments and advances life-changing iPSC-derived therapies toward patient administration safely, efficiently, and with the highest standards of quality. This is an onsite role located at our sites in the Madison, WI area.\nCompany Overview\nAt FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, we’re unlocking the power of human cells to change lives. Using revolutionary induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, we drive advancements in drug discovery, disease modeling, cell therapy, research tools, and cell therapy manufacturing. Our mission is deeply meaningful, and we’re looking for bold innovators to join us.\nAt FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, you’ll thrive in a collaborative and cutting-edge environment that encourages creativity and celebrates breakthroughs. If you’re ready to do work that makes a real impact and propels healthcare forward, this is your chance to be part of something extraordinary for science, patients, and yourself.\nOur headquarters is in Madison, Wisconsin, a dynamic city celebrated for its lakes, parks, cultural richness, biotech leadership, and access to world-class academia.\nFujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers\nJob Description\nEssential Job Functions\nIndependently conceive, plan, and lead process development activities for multiple internal and external programs, applying advanced engineering and scientific judgment to develop robust, scalable, and commercially relevant processes.\nEvaluate and implement technologies that improve process understanding, robustness, scalability, automation, closure, and GMP readiness for cell manufacturing processes.\nProvide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise for late-stage clinical process development activities, including process characterization, scale-up and scale-down studies, design space development, process control strategy development, and process lifecycle planning.\nApply expert knowledge of relevant regulatory, quality, and engineering requirements, including applicable ICH, FDA, GMP, and industry guidance, to ensure process development activities are scientifically sound, phase-appropriate, and aligned with regulatory expectations.\nAnalyze and interpret complex process and experimental data, troubleshoot technical challenges, identify root causes, and recommend improvements to processes, equipment, experimental approaches, and development strategies.\nMake technically sound and scientific risk-based decisions and recommendations based on complex or incomplete sets of data, clearly communicating technical risk, tradeoffs, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.\nDevelop and maintain accurate, complete, and compliant technical documentation, including development plans, study protocols and reports, process characterization documents, risk assessments, process descriptions, control strategy summaries, technical reports, and other project-related records.\nCommunicate process development strategies, technical findings, and project status to cross-functional teams, clients, and diverse internal and external audiences through technical presentations, written reports, and project summaries.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams and with clients to ensure process development activities support project timelines, product quality, regulatory requirements, technology transfer needs, and commercial objectives.\nProvide technical leadership, training, and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers and scientists; promote consistency in experimental design, process evaluation, data analysis, troubleshooting, and documentation; and lead small- to mid-sized process development projects as assigned.\nIdentify and develop innovative, potentially patentable process improvements, technologies, or approaches in support of the organization’s research, development, and commercial objectives.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nRequired Qualifications\nPhD in a biosciences or bioengineering discipline or other closely related field plus at least two (2) years of related experience; or a Master’s degree in a comparable field plus at least five (5) years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in a comparable field plus at least seven (7) years of related experience; relevant industry experience strongly preferred\nDemonstrated experience leading late-stage clinical and commercial process development activities for biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes, including process characterization, process robustness, scale-up, and definition of manufacturing operation ranges\nExperience with scalable upstream and/or downstream unit operations commonly used in cell manufacturing (e.g., multi-layer culture vessels, bioreactors, media manufacturing platforms, automated cell washing and concentration, fill/finish)\nStrong understanding of Quality by Design, process validation, and GMP manufacturing requirements, with experience translating process development knowledge into strategies that support technology transfer, PPQ, control strategy, and commercial manufacturing\nExperience partnering with MSAT, Manufacturing, Quality, Analytical Development, and other cross-functional teams to advance processes from development through technology transfer and GMP manufacturing\nDemonstrated ability to develop and defend technical strategies using scientific and engineering principles, including interpretation of complex process data and application of statistical/design of experiments approaches\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical strategies, process understanding, risks, and recommendations to a range of technical and business stakeholders (both internal and external)\nDemonstrated ability to mentor and develop other engineers and scientists and contribute to the advancement of process development practices and technical capabilities within the organization\nStrong problem-solving and organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical projects independently, reassess priorities as needs evolve, and adjust plans in a timely, disciplined manner while maintaining alignment with stakeholders, quality standards, and project commitments\nAbility to provide flexible support for time-sensitive process development activities outside of standard business hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed\nAbility to maintain a regular laboratory presence and provide active, hands-on support for experimental execution, as required by project needs\nAbility to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds\nAbility to work with hazardous materials (i.e., chemicals, electrical equipment, and human tissue) without endangering oneself or others\nAbility to wear standard laboratory PPE\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience developing manufacturing processes for cell-based products; previous experience with iPSC-derived cell types is a plus.\nExperience with and understanding of a variety of common analytical methods used to assess cell growth and differentiation, including cell counting, metabolite analysis, flow cytometry, PCR, and microscopic imaging\nExperience working within a regulated environment, with a strong understanding of expectations and best practices\nExperience working with or within a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)\nEEO Information\nFujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.\nADA Information\nIf you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department 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