About Careertakes

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Overview

Confidential Client is hiring a PAT Senior Data Scientist to turn real-time process and sensor data into actionable insights for vaccine manufacturing. In this role you will build and deploy chemometric, machine learning, and soft-sensor models to support process monitoring, scale-up, and product quality across mRNA and non-mRNA vaccine platforms.

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What You’ll Do

• Develop and deploy predictive models and monitoring tools for real-time process oversight.
• Build soft sensors and predictive models for critical process parameters and critical quality attributes using process and analytical data.
• Analyze spectroscopy and sensor data (Raman, NIR, IR, UV‑visible) in online, in‑line, and at‑line contexts.
• Apply multivariate analysis, chemometrics, statistical methods, and machine learning to improve process understanding and product quality.
• Partner with process development, manufacturing, analytical sciences, automation, and digital teams to operationalize models in development and commercial manufacturing.
• Support process characterization, scale-up, technology transfer, validation, and ongoing process verification through advanced data analysis.
• Help set strategy and best practices for real‑time monitoring across vaccine platforms.

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Who You Are / Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related scientific field.
• 1+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or academic research settings. (Interns and co-ops may be considered.)

Preferred

• Hands-on experience building and applying real-time process monitoring, chemometric, or data science solutions in biopharma or vaccine manufacturing.
• Strong background in multivariate analysis, chemometrics, spectroscopy-based monitoring (Raman, NIR, IR, UV‑visible).
• Experience developing calibration, prediction, classification, and soft sensor models using process and analytical data.
• Proven problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Fluent English.

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Preferred Skills & Tools

• Proficiency in Python for data science and model development.
• Experience with chemometrics and multivariate tools (e.g., SIMCA, SynTQ, Unscrambler).
• Familiarity with spectroscopy data preprocessing and analysis.
• Experience with model deployment and monitoring in manufacturing environments.

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Employment Details & Location

• Employment type: Full-time
• Location: Waltham, MA (on-site or as required by the hiring team)
• This role supports vaccine process development and manufacturing across multiple platforms.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range (reported by the employer): USD 100,500 — USD 145,166.66 per year. Final pay will be based on experience and location-specific considerations.
• Competitive benefits package including healthcare, wellness programs, parental leave, and career development opportunities.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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