# Process Development Engineering Senior Scientific Associate - Media Prep

Job Description General Summary Vertex is looking for a lab-based Senior Scientific Associate, Media Development to support media development, large-scale media preparation, process documentation, and technology transfer within the Process Development organization. This role provides hands-on technical support for the preparation, filtration, storage, and implementation of in-house custom media formulations. The successful candidate will bring strong knowledge of media preparation processes and critical raw materials and help ensure reliable, consistent, and scalable execution. The role will partner with Process Development, Manufacturing, and cross-functional teams to standardize workflows, troubleshoot technical challenges, strengthen process knowledge, and translate laboratory practices into robust processes for technology transfer. Key Duties and Responsibilities Executes small- and large-scale media preparation, including raw material dispensing, formulation, mixing, filtration, storage, and distribution Manages preparation and inventory of in-house media formulations, critical raw materials, and consumables Supports media development through raw material evaluation, formulati

- **Id**: 4267486
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vertex-pharmaceuticals-process-development-engineering-senior-scientific-associate-media-prep>
- **Role**: Biotech
- **Role family**: Biotech
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Boston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T16:50:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T16:50:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6729
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning, Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Prescription Drugs, Cell & Gene Therapy, Rare Disease Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 5871
- **Name**: Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- **Domain**: vrtx.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vrtx>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 91
- **Open postings**: 29
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.379
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 73900
- **Max**: 110900
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 110900

## Technologies

- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T16:50:25Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 174 · green card filings: 21; Filings 12m: 174

## 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:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T20:32:45Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 110900
- **Is top pay**: no

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