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Cell Culture Research Associate

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Posted: 02/03/2026 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Research and Discovery Job Number: 12524 Pay Rate: $31.00 - $41.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. They are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline.

Primary Duties:
  • Culturing mammalian cells in shake flask and benchtop bioreactors.
  • Support lab operational activities for rAAV cell culture studies in stirred tank bioreactors including AMBR15 and/or AMBR250 bioreactors.
  • Execution of molecular biology experiments including SDS-PAGE/western blotting, plasmid cloning etc.
  • Execute experimental designs; collect and format data for analyses in support of technical platform development objectives.
  • Compile data analysis summaries and present to appropriate project teams
  • Contribute to the authoring of lab procedures, data analysis summaries, and support data verification and other relevant process documentation.
  • Maintaining an accurate laboratory notebook 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.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:
  • B.S. in chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, or biology/molecular biology or related area with 0 - 4 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 a plus.
  • Experience with aseptic suspension cell culture methods, including sterile media and solution preparation is preferred.
  • Experience in molecular biology techniques (eg:SDS-PAGE/western blotting, plasmid cloning, gene expression assays, etc) is preferred.
  • Experience with viral vector production is preferred, but not essential.
  • Organizational, record keeping, and communication skills.

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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