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Scientist II

$53.6 per hour
Full-time

Dawar Consulting, Inc.

Our client a world leader in biotechnology and life sciences is looking for a "Scientist II" based out of South San Francisco CA

Job Duration: Long Term Contract (Possibility of Extension)

Pay Rate: $53.60/hr

Company Benefits: Medical Paid Sick leave(as per state policy)

Position Overview

Genentech is seeking a Scientist to support in vivo cell therapy research focusing on lentiviral vector production characterization assay development and primary human cell engineering. This is a hands-on laboratory role with no animal study responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Produce and optimize research-scale lentiviral vectors.

  • Perform vector characterization and quality assessment.

  • Develop and optimize molecular and cell-based assays.

  • Conduct primary human immune cell culture and engineering.

  • Perform flow cytometry qPCR and ddPCR analysis.

  • Troubleshoot experiments interpret data and present findings.

  • Maintain laboratory records equipment and safety compliance.

Required Qualifications

  • BS/MS with 5 years of industry experience or PhD in a relevant life science field.

  • Hands-on lentiviral vector production and characterization.

  • Strong mammalian and primary human T-cell culture experience.

  • Experience with assay development flow cytometry and qPCR/ddPCR.

  • Strong experimental analytical and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in biotech/pharma research.

  • CAR-T cell assays and gene delivery technologies.

  • Lentiviral production scale-up and suspension culture.

  • Experience with FlowJo GraphPad Prism and Benchling.

If interested please send us your updated resume at

Required Skills:

Cybersecurity

Required Education:

Bachelors

Vacancy posted 7 hours ago
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