Orca Bio

Associate, Bioprocess Development

Menlo Park, CA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$105kDetected 1532 days ago

Supply ChainGMPFlow CytometryLeadership

About the role

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:
Bridge development and manufacturing activities by translating process learnings into robust, executable procedures, batch records, and tech transfer documentation.
Share responsibility for equipment maintenance and calibration, inventory, environmental monitoring, and logbook management.

Perform development and engineering runs according to written procedures in a GMP environment.
Perform investigations on process & product deviations for continuous process improvement.
Help to manage a GMP clean room following Orca internal procedures. Share responsibility for equipment maintenance and calibration, inventory, environmental monitoring, and logbook management.
Perform experiments and assays which increase process understanding and control.
Help to perform stability and formulation studies.
Collaborate with external vendors and internal teams to design and implement novel technologies for manufacturing, development, and tech transfer.
Support continuous improvements of records and follow the operating procedure with strong attention to details.
Maintain detailed records of experiments. Practice good data management and documentation habits.
Closely collaborate with Orca teams across manufacturing, quality control, quality assurance, analytical development, and others.
You will jointly manage a GMP clean room in Menlo Park, CA, including equipment maintenance, inventory, logbook management and so on.

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or related field with 2-5 years of experience in process sciences, or manufacturing science and technology experience.
Master's degree in one of the above fields with 1-3 years of process sciences or manufacturing science and technology experience preparing biologics.

Professional Qualities:
Travel Requirements:
Willingness to learn flow cytometry and cell staining techniques for analysis of cell populations.
Prior experience is a plus.

The anticipated annual salary range for this job is based on prior experience in the role/industry, education, location, internal equity, and other job-related factors as permitted by law.

The anticipated annual salary range for this job is based on prior experience in the role/industry, education, location, internal equity, and other job-related factors as permitted by law.

We are driven by a passion for science and compassion for patients.
We act with urgency to ensure our treatments are one day accessible to all who need them.
We live by our core values of passion, courage, and integrity.
Excellence in our work means the chance to unlock a better quality of life for our patients, and with that comes tremendous responsibility.
We innovate on a path that hasn't been paved.
We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and take calculated risks to achieve our mission.
We aren't afraid to ask "why not" and challenge the status quo.
We maintain a start-up culture of camaraderie and leadership by example, regardless of title.
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and recognize that celebrating our differences creates stronger, lasting solutions that better serve our team, our patients and their healthcare providers.
Notice to staffing firms Orca Bio does not accept resumes from staffing agencies with which we do not have a written agreement and specific engagement for a particular opening.
Our employment activities, inquiries and offers are managed through our HR/Talent team, and all candidates are presented through this channel only.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we rarely outsource recruitment.

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