Process Development Technician

Innovating, creating, and improving processes.

Education: Associate degree for technician; Bachelor's degree for scientist.

Average Annual Salary: High school diploma: $52,500 | Bachelor's degree: $79,900

Process development technicians create processes to manufacture new products and implement improvements to current processes. 

A process development technician analyzes data sourced from current processes, executes experiments, gathers test data and analyzes the data using statistical techniques.

Main responsibilities include:

• Designing and executing protocols to develop new processes
• Improving existing processes
• Researching and implementing new methods and technologies to enhance operations
• Collaborating with others to meet process goals

Skills:

• Assemble, operate, clean, and disassemble bench-scale equipment
• Statistical data analysis
• Execute unit operations for cell culture, fermentation, recovery, purification and aseptic filling

Personality:

• Self-motivated
• Patient
• Communicator
• Collaborator