Title: Process Development Associate

Duration: 1 Year

Location: Cambridge, MA - 02138

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Management of BST laboratories:
• Assist in organization and help improve productivity of facility through adherence to 5S principles.
• Assist in coordination and tracking of work orders for facility and equipment repairs, maintenance, installation, and removal.
• Participate in scheduled lab cleanout activities (biannual) and safety walkthroughs (monthly).
• Equipment and Instrument Owner:
• Support coordination of preventative maintenance, calibration, daily system initializations, and repair service of equipment and instruments
• Help maintain process-related instrumentation, lab automation tools, reactor equipment and stocking of parts, accessories, and point-of-use consumables
• Inventory Maintenance and Chemical/Equipment Ordering & Shipping:
• Order and organize laboratory reagents and consumables to support laboratory experimentation
• Generate purchase orders, chemical shipping documents, and equipment orders
• Support incoming/outgoing shipments of tools, ancillary processing equipment, and consumables and chemicals
• Support of Cell Culture Activities:
• Sample and passage mammalian cell cultures for cell growth and metabolites
• Basic operation of 3L glass bioreactors in fed batch and perfusion modes
• Operation of related equipment including cell counters, metabolite analyzers, and osmometers
• Document experimental data in lab notebooks (if applicable)
• Provide weekend support for the above operations as needed