What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cell Line & Cell Culture Lab Operations Specialist position at ACL Digital?
Job Title: Cell Line and Cell Culture Development Lab Specialist
Location: Foster City CA
Duration: 12 Months
Skills and Responsibilities for Position:
• Perform periodic routine lab equipment maintenance, basic operations, and/or calibrations.
Some instruments include:
o Beckman Coulter ViCell XR and BLU Cell Counters
o Nova Flex (and Flex2) Cell Culture Analyzer
o Siemens RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas Analyzer
o Advanced Instruments OsmoTECH Pro
o Cedex Bio HT
o AMBR15 and AMBR250
• Carry out pH and dissolved oxygen probe calibrations and maintenance in addition to other parts
of benchtop bioreactors
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements
• Oversee timely calibration of pipets
• Coordinate with site services to manage laboratory consumables and chemical inventory and raw
material induction
• Coordinate with lab personnel to organize and conduct periodic lab cleaning activities, including
but not limited to freezers, walk-in cold rooms, and biosafety cabinets
• Compose and regularly update best practice documentation for lab equipment and basic
procedural activities
• Assist lab personnel in preparing cell culture media/solution, autoclaving equipment, and
maintaining incubators
• Coordinate all instrument induction, connectivity, maintenance, services, and contracts with
various other functional groups
• Communicate successfully with teammates
• Provide periodic laboratory updates through email communications, report writing, and
presentations
• Evaluate lab management workflows to identify and implement efficiency improvements
• Coordinate and oversee lab equipment scheduling via lab asset management system and direct
communication with support teams.
• Manage medium- and short-term inventory of raw materials by working closely with vendors and
regularly remove expired items from storage
Required Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
• 2 years of experience with BS degree in a relevant scientific discipline.
• 0 years of experience with MS degree in a relevant scientific discipline.
Preferred Training and Experience:
• Experience in lab management and/or supply chain
• Oversight over or significant participation in lab inventory management, preferably including
vendor interactions
• Performing routine maintenance and calibrations on common bioprocessing analytical equipment,
such as cell counters and metabolite analyzers
• Some experience passaging cells in shake flasks, preparing cell culture media, and building
bench scale bioreactors is preferred
• Experience using basic functions of Microsoft Office and 365 suite tools (primarily Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, and Outlook)
