# Scientist - Research & Development

Scientist Working days: Thursday to Monday (including weekends) Location: Chesterford Research Park, Cambridge, UK Join Lonza’s Cell Expression Systems Research & Development team in Cambridge as a Scientist, contributing to the development of innovative expression vectors and mammalian cell lines. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of biopharmaceutical research, supporting the development of technologies that help bring new medicines to patients. Working pattern: This is a fully site-based, 37.5-hour-per-week role, working five days from Thursday to Monday, including both weekend days. Working hours are 7.5 hours per day, with an 8.5-hour daily attendance period including a paid one-hour lunch break. An additional Shift premium is provided to recognise the weekend working pattern. This is a fully site-based role. Working together in person supports close, real-time collaboration and the technical precision needed to manufacture medicines to the highest quality and safety standards. What you will get: An agile career and dynamic working culture. An inclusive and ethical workplace. Compensation programs that recognise high performance, including an additional s

- **Id**: 4281866
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lonza-scientist-research-development>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T20:42:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T03:08:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4381
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Bioprocessing, CRO & CDMO Services, APIs & Drug Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 679681
- **Name**: Lonza
- **Domain**: lonza.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lonza>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 72
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.639
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no
- **HPLC** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T20:42:41Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:38:33Z

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