💼 Full-Time Position

Associate Scientist - Microbial Fermentation and Bioprocessing

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AeroVironment
📍 Wright Patterson AFB, OH, United States
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Location
Wright Patterson AFB, United States
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Posted
July 01, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

**Worker Type**

Regular

**Job Description**

**Role Overview**

The primary responsibility of this role is to prepare, operate, and maintain equipment for manufacturing a range of custom bioproducts. Working alongside senior specialists, scientists, and engineers, the associate scientist will help transition bioproducts from bench-scale laboratory workflows into pilot-scale industrial operations.

**Core Responsibilities**

+ Operate microbial fermenters at the 0.25-liter, 10-liter, and 100-liter scales for research trials and pilot biomanufacturing runs.
+ Execute downstream processing unit operations, including cell lysis, biomass recovery, separation, and biomolecular purification.
+ Operate and maintain pilot-scale equipment such as steam-in-place fermenters, continuous flow centrifuges, high-pressure homogenizers, tangential flow filtration units, depth filtration stacks, and console lyophilizers.
+ Support lab operations ...