P2P2 — Developing Professional
Scientist I
Plan and conduct standard purification experiments. Maintain equipment and validate experimental setups.
What this level means
Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence
- Scope
- Defined deliverables / small features
- Autonomy
- General supervision; reviewed at milestones
- Complexity
- Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
- Impact
- Own and immediate-team deliverables
- Decision rights
- Routine technical choices within guidance
- Leadership
- May guide interns
- Typical experience
- 1–3 yrs
What you'd do
- Plan and conduct standard purification experiments
- Maintain equipment
- Validate experimental setups
- Ensure data accuracy
- Collaborate with team members
- Troubleshoot equipment issues
- Document experimental procedures
- Optimize purification protocols
- Conduct purification experiments
- Maintain lab equipment
- Validate experiment setups
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Chromatography execution
- Analytical assay proficiency
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Experimental planning
- Data validation
- Chromatography modes
- Analytical assays
- Equipment maintenance
- Experimental design
- Bioprocess engineering
- Working knowledge of chromatography modes
- Proficient in executing routine analytical assays
- Equipment maintenance
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
What good looks like
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Bioprocess Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or related
- Proficiency in chromatography
- Analytical skills
Common titles
Downstream Process Development IIDownstream Process Development 2Downstream Process Developer IIDownstream Process Developer 2Scientist I
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations (inferred)