Senior Scientist, Lentiviral Vector Cell Line Development

Job overview

The Senior Scientist, Lentiviral Vector Cell Line Development role is onsite in Boston, MA. Compensation is $145,000–$165,000 per year. Asimov’s mission is to advance the design of living systems and enable next-generation therapeutics through a mammalian synthetic biology platform. The scientist leads the Lentiviral Vector cell line development team and platform roadmap while conducting hands-on work to create stable producer cell lines. The role also provides technical leadership, supports customer and commercial projects, and collaborates across synthetic biology and process development.

What you'll do

• Set the scientific roadmap for the Lentiviral Vector cell line development platform
• perform transfection, pool generation, single-cell cloning, clone screening and characterization, and cell banking
• serve as technical contact on customer and commercial projects
• mentor scientists
• develop workflows
• support viral vector production research
• design experiments, analyze data, troubleshoot, and maintain records
• communicate results through publications and presentations.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior scientist

lentiviral vector

cell line development

synthetic biology

stable producer cell lines

biotechnology

boston ma

asimov

$145k–$165k/year

scientific leadership

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Combines hands-on lentiviral vector cell line development with platform strategy, team mentorship, and customer-facing technical work.

About the employer

Asimov is hiring for this role. Industry: Testing Laboratories and Services. Sector: 54.