Cell therapies have been shown to cure devastating and previously untreatable diseases like cancer by re-programming the patient's own immune system. Giving more patients access to these life-saving therapies requires a revolution in manufacturing and process automation.  

Cellular Origins, a TTP Company, is enabling scalable, cost-effective and efficient manufacture of cell and gene therapies. Cellular Origins’ proprietary technology addresses the challenges associated with manufacturing at scale with an elegant robotic manufacturing automation solution that reduces cost and labour, eliminates human error, and increases efficiency. 

Systems Engineer 

We are looking for experienced Systems Engineers ready to make a significant impact in cell therapy manufacturing. You’ll be taking on a key role in defining the entire automation system, with a strong emphasis on the interfaces between systems and subsystems. As a Systems Engineer, you will need to: 

• Establish product definition decisions to be made 
• Identify criteria, dependencies and risks associated with all definition decisions 
• Facilitate decision making process with relevant stakeholders 
• Document and track product definition baseline and outstanding open items 
• Establish decision / definition path to take initial concept through to final design 
• Identify cross-functional stakeholders involved in the product development process 
• Facilitate communication and collaboration needed to progress product development 

If you're someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys tackling complex challenges, and approaches design with precision and diligence, then we’re looking for you.  

Join us on our mission in steering the system towards excellence. You’ll join a fast-growing, interdisciplinary, team with a passion for solving worthwhile problems. This is somewhere to really make your mark, working in a technically challenging and impact-driven venture, with bright and committed peers, to define the future of cell therapy manufacturing.   

Requirements

• A strong academic background in Engineering, gained either by degree or vocational route  
• Proven, extensive, hands-on experience developing and delivering products into manufacture 
• Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles 
• Knowledge of product development and manufacturing processes 
• Can rapidly get up to speed with new technology and ideas 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Great active listening skills 
• Able to generate clear and accurate visualizations of quantitative data 
• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities 
• Can effectively shepherd projects from initial highly ambiguous ideas through to converged final designs 
• Equally comfortable in big-picture strategy and deep technical discussions 
• Able to comprehend, communicate and manage complex design trade-off decisions 
• Can work collaboratively and cross-functionally throughout entire organization 
• Able to influence others without authority and build trust with other teams 
• Can identify the key interfaces between product modules and ensure that the definitions of those interfaces are well controlled 
• Systems engineering, decision analysis, requirements management or operations research education preferred 
• Experience working with novel life science or medical technologies would be beneficial, but not essential. A consumer product, automotive or aerospace background (for example) could also be ideal.  

​The above list outlines our ideal candidate, but we know some of you may not apply unless you qualify for all requirements. We believe in the power and importance of diversity, both for our community and the success of our business, so please apply if you meet most of our listed capabilities.   

Cellular Origins 

Cellular Origins is part of TTP Group, an employee-owned business. It is based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge.  TTP Group takes a long-term approach to investment and has been at the forefront of bioprocess automation for over 20 years.  Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.  

Benefits

• Annual profit-related bonus 

• 25 days holiday 
• Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay 
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments 
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants 
• Enhanced family friendly leave 
• Life insurance worth 6x salary 
• Electric car leasing scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Season ticket loan 
• An activities and community fund that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether it’s lunchtime squash or football, Zumba or our own rock band. Colleagues initiate new clubs and outings whenever they feel there’s something missing! 
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships.