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Quality Control Technician (2nd/3rd Shift)
Orca Bio
Quality Assurance
Sacramento, CA, USA
Posted on Saturday, July 20, 2024
More than one million people in the United States today are fighting blood cancer. While a traditional allogeneic stem cell transplant has been the best hope for many, the transplant itself can prove fatal or lead to serious conditions, such as graft vs. host disease. Orca Bio is a late-stage biotechnology company redefining the transplant process by developing next-generation cell therapies with the goal of providing significantly better survival rates with dramatically fewer risks. With our purified, high-precision investigational cell therapies we hope to not only replace patients' blood and immune systems with healthy ones, but also restore their lives.
The QC Technician conducts routine and non-routine testing to ensure the highest quality standards in our cell therapy manufacturing facility. Your work will play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and safety of our cell therapy products.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform a broad variety of basic and moderately complex tests in support of lab operations.
- Conduct testing of routine and non-routine samples and document results according to cGMP.
- Perform routine lab and equipment maintenance.
- Troubleshoot and address any equipment issues promptly to minimize downtime.
- Prepare basic and complex reagents as assigned.
- Order and maintain lab supply inventory.
- Participate in assay transfer and assay validation.
- Aliquot samples as required, including aseptic aliquoting.
- Receive and provide training.
- Perform other duties as requested by supervisor/manager to support Quality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, quality control, and quality assurance, to address any QC-related issues and implement corrective actions.
Desired Qualifications
- Classes in a relevant scientific discipline (biology, microbiology, environmental science, etc.), degree a plus.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to data integrity and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and regulated environment.
- Adaptable and responsive to changing priorities and challenges.
- No experience is required, but experience in microbiology, environmental monitoring, aseptic technique, or GMP within a cell therapy or biopharmaceutical manufacturing environment is a plus.
Who we are
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.