Product Application Specialist – Cell Culture Analytics

**Product Application Specialist – Cell Culture Analytics** =========================================================== **Location** Nänikon, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; Urdorf, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland **Date posted** November 13, 2026 **Job ID** 23789 **Our Opening and Your Responsibilities** Process Analytics, a business unit within the METTLER TOLEDO Group, is a leading supplier of analytical measurement systems for pH, O₂, CO₂, conductivity and turbidity, used to control production processes. Our high-quality products are developed and manufactured in Urdorf, Switzerland, and sold worldwide through METTLER TOLEDO's own market organizations. To strengthen our Product Management team, we are looking for a **Product Application Specialist – Cell Culture Analytics** 100% (all genders). In this role, your key responsibilities will include: * Support Product Management in installing, qualifying and servicing our glucose, lactate and cell density (VCD/TCD) sensors and analyzers in GMP-regulated environments. * Develop and maintain standardized IQ/OQ documentation and define which qualification activities we own and which the customer owns. * Act as the application expert for CHO cell culture processes (batch, fed-batch, intensified fed-batch, perfusion). Support customers and service teams with sensor placement, cell growth and viability monitoring, troubleshooting and data interpretation. * Create service manuals, work instructions and troubleshooting guides, together with Global Service. * Assess how product changes affect installed instruments and qualification documents, together with R&D and Quality. * Define and launch service and validation offerings, such as commissioning, calibration, IQ/OQ support and training. * Feed customer and field feedback into product requirements and R&D priorities. * Support customer audits, supplier questionnaires and technical training. **What You Need to Succeed** In this role, you will need to fulfill the following requirements to succeed: * You have a higher degree in biotechnology, biotechnology, bioprocess engineering or in another natural science. * You bring at least 4 years of work experience in application support, technical service or qualification for bioprocess or analytical instruments. * Hands-on application knowledge of mammalian cell culture, ideally CHO fed-batch and intensified processes. * Experience with installation, calibration and IQ/OQ in a GMP-regulated environment. Single-use experience is a plus. * You are structured, pragmatic and able to coordinate global stakeholders without direct authority with strong technical writing skills and a commercial mindset. * Professional fluency in English. German is an advantage. * High willingness to travel globally (up to 30%). **Our Offer to You** We offer: * Flexible working hours (depending on the role), a hybrid work model, and a wide portfolio of training opportunities * A 40-hour work week with at least 25 vacation days