Position Title: Cell Culture Technician
Work Location: Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Assignment Duration: 9+ Months
Work Arrangement: Onsite

Position Summary:
The Cell Culture Development Technician is involved in lab maintenance and preparation for recombinant adeno-associated viral vector (rAAV) production processes. The Technician prepares buffers, solutions, reagents, and lab consumables according to protocols, documents work within an Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), maintains lab equipment, and works under supervision of senior technical leads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Culturing mammalian cells in shake flasks.

• Preparation of buffers, reagents, and solutions.

• Contribute to the authoring of lab procedures.

• Maintenance of accurate ELNs following ALCOA+ principles.

• Ensuring work conforms to applicable quality and safety standards.

• Support maintenance and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment.

• Other duties as assigned including, but not limited to, contributing to lab organization and cleanliness, consumables stocking, and routine equipment maintenance.

Qualification & Experience:

• B.S. in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, or biology/molecular biology or related area with 0 – 3 years of relevant scientific or technical experience in the life sciences industry or equivalent.

• Comfortable working with instrumentation and technologies in support of cell culture process monitoring. Digital data proficiency and ELN experience is a plus.

• Experience with aseptic suspension cell culture methods, including sterile media and solution preparation is preferred.

• Experience with viral vector production is preferred, but not essential.

• Organizational, record keeping, and communication skills.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 28.00/hr.