Key Expert MSAT USP (all genders) - limited 2 years

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany; willingness to travel to China for cross-cultural collaboration and on-site implementation activities.

Salary: €85,572–€128,340 per year.

Company

hirify.global is developing new automated, sustainable, and state-of-the-art insulin drug-substance manufacturing facilities in Frankfurt, Germany, and Beijing, China.

What you will do

• Implement and optimize upstream processes including fermentation, microbial cultivation, media preparation, cell banking, and bioreactor-related laboratory activities.
• Optimize separator technologies, centrifugation processes, and product recovery.
• Drive scale-up, process characterization, troubleshooting, and manufacturing start-up operations.
• Participate in technology transfers between manufacturing sites and prepare process transfer documentation.
• Develop regulatory submission documents, support process validations, answer authority questions, and represent upstream processing in audits and inspections.
• Establish laboratory infrastructure and act as the primary MSAT technical liaison across global teams.

Requirements

• PhD or Master's degree in Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Bioprocess Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant hands-on laboratory experience in upstream processing, including fermentation, microbial cultivation, bioreactor operation, media development, and process scale-up.
• Experience with cGMP environments, Design of Experiments, process modeling, Process Analytical Technology, and advanced process control systems.
• Analytics expertise with HPLC, enzyme assays, gel electrophoresis, and microbiological analytical methods.
• Strong scientific skills and the ability to work across cultures and bridge technical, manufacturing, engineering, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Fluency in English and German, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel to China for cross-cultural collaboration and on-site implementation activities.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of separator operation, enzyme kinetics, and protein folding.
• Chinese language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment on a limited two-year contract.
• Work within a global MSAT Recombinant Drug Substance Microbial team spanning Germany and China.
• Participation in employee benefit programs may be available.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Hiring process

• Apply through the Apply button.
• Include a letter of motivation and a current resume.