As a Scientist Application Development (x|f|m), you will bridge customer application needs with internal innovation and product development activities. By generating application-relevant data, evaluating laboratory and bioprocess workflows, and translating customer requirements into scientific project work, you will help shape solutions that create value for our customers and support the development of our filtration portfolio.
Working closely with customers, Product Management, Product Development, scientists, and laboratory experts, you will contribute to the advancement of application-focused solutions and support innovation activities across emerging and established bioprocess applications.
This full-time position is based in Goettingen and involves a 40-hour work week as well as approximately 20% travel.
Grow With Us – Your Responsibilities
- Execute experiments, technical tasks, and defined work packages related to laboratory filtration and bioprocess applications
- Analyze experimental data and report scientific results within agreed timelines
- Interpret findings and adjust technical approaches based on experimental outcomes
- Propose and support experiments within defined projects to address customer application needs and support product, application, and technology development priorities
- Contribute scientific expertise to the evaluation of laboratory and bioprocess workflows, including emerging modalities such as mRNA and LNP downstream processing
- Collaborate with customers, scientists, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate application requirements into experimental approaches and ensure alignment with product development priorities
- Translate experimental findings and customer insights into application-related recommendations and development activities within defined projects
- Guide and train less experienced colleagues in projects within the area of expertise
What Will Convince Us
- PhD, or Master's degree with several years of relevant professional experience, or Bachelor's degree with extensive relevant professional experience
- Proven expertise in a scientific or technical field relevant to laboratory filtration, bioprocessing, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, or a related discipline
- Experience in planning and executing experiments as well as analyzing and interpreting scientific data
- Sound understanding of laboratory and bioprocess workflows, ideally within filtration and/or chromatography applications
- Ability to identify scientific challenges and solve problems using a structured and evidence-based approach
- Strong collaboration and communication skills within interdisciplinary teams and customer-oriented environments
- Ability to share knowledge and support the development of less experienced colleagues
- Fluent in English
- Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 20%)
What We Offer
As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:
- Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings
- Work Life Balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules, sabbaticals, Workation
- Large, Modern Campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center
- Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
- Travel Benefits: Company car (ex. service, sales), car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections
- Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network
- This position is filled within the Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
We promote diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, age groups, disabilities, and cultural backgrounds.
About Sartorius
Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.
We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.
Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers
Skills Required
- PhD, or Master's degree with several years of relevant professional experience, or Bachelor's degree with extensive relevant professional experience
- Proven expertise in scientific/technical fields relevant to laboratory filtration, bioprocessing, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, or chemistry
- Experience planning and executing experiments, analyzing and interpreting scientific data
- Sound understanding of laboratory and bioprocess workflows
- Experience specifically with filtration and/or chromatography applications
- Ability to identify scientific challenges and apply structured, evidence-based problem solving
- Strong collaboration and communication skills in interdisciplinary, customer-oriented environments
- Ability to mentor and train less experienced colleagues
- Fluent in English
- Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 20%)
Sartorius Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes multiple medical plan options with dental, vision, HSA/FSA, EAP, and wellness resources across many locations. Quality of core medical, dental, and vision is characterized as solid.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a company match highlighted in U.S. materials and employer‑verified listings. The match is characterized as generous at some sites.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible hours and hybrid/home‑office options are available where roles and regions allow, with role‑dependent perks in some locations. Broader extras such as commuter benefits, discounts, and tuition assistance add optionality where eligible.
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What We Do
Sartorius is a leading international partner of life sciences research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. We help our customers #SimplifyProgress from drug discovery to manufacturing so that more people can have access to better medicine. With this, we are #PartOfTheSolution in the fight against diseases worldwide. With innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the our Lab Products & Services division focuses on laboratories performing research and quality control at pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies as well as academic research institutes. The Bioprocess Solutions division, with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions, helps customers manufacture biotech medications, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies safely, rapidly, and economically. Based in Göttingen, Germany, Sartorius also has a strong global reach with around 60 production and sales sites worldwide. We regularly expand our portfolio through the acquisition of complementary technologies. In 2023, Sartorius generated sales revenue of around 3.4 billion euros. Currently, around 14,600 employees from around 110 nations are working for customers around the globe. Join our team, partner or collaborate with us.
