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Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report?s "Best Hospitals 2025-2026" rankings. When you join our team, you?ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.

We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

Cedars-Sinai Biomanufacturing Center (CBC) is a 22,000 square foot, state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility located in West Hollywood, California. The CBC is comprised of a cGMP cell manufacturing facility, housing multiple cleanroom cell production suites, and process development rooms for producing the next generation of cell and gene therapies.

These new therapies will be used for human IND-enabling clinical trials. With combined expertise and a cGMP-compliant approach to manufacture cells at scale, the CBC will overcome many challenges by building innovative technologies, connecting protocols, up-scaling of processes and achieving Food and Drug Administration standards for all steps involved to bring innovative cell therapy solutions to researchers and translation scientists. With our world-class expertise in stem cell (iPSC) biology, bioprocessing, translational medicine and manufacturing, the CBC is providing a much-needed biomanufacturing center in Southern California. To learn more, please visit: Biomanufacturing Center | Cedars-Sinai (cedars-sinai.edu) 

The Biomedical Technician participates on wet- and dry- laboratory projects and may execute tasks requiring compliance with all Federal and State accrediting agency requirements and/or GLP. Responsible for assigned wet lab work, lab maintenance, and writing and recording controlled documents. Performs all activities strictly according to SOPs, with accurate documentation, and may assist quality control team with required testing activities. Installs and maintains laboratory equipment to ensure accurate functioning of devices. Assists in addressing complex issues and troubleshooting. 

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of process development tasks for multiple clients following standard operating procedures that will be different for each project based on the type work.
• Writes and maintains good documentation in laboratory notebooks, data records/transfers, SOPs, and batch records.
• Drafts standard operating procedures and maintains computer database.
• Verifies samples received, logs samples into systems, and may transport to the appropriate environment within the facility for storage following SOPs.
• Performs lab maintenance duties, including glassware cleaning and sterilization.
• Maintains lab equipment and related records.
• Prepares and maintains material inventories, and places orders for equipment and supplies.
• Assists in the operation of specialized equipment and machinery.
• Ensures all activities align with regulatory guidelines and safety standards, as appropriate. Interacts with core laboratory customers with integrity and respect and communicates effectively with the customers. 

Qualifications

Education:

• Associate Degree in biology, biochemistry, or related science or engineering specialization is required. Bachelor's degree preferred.

Experience & Skills:

• One (1) year of experience working in a lab or biotech environment.
• A minimum of one (1) year working with biomedical equipment, including maintenance and/or testing, is required. 
• Must have outstanding interpersonal, communication, organization skills, and the ability to work across company fields and functional units, and computer application experience. 
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements including Federal, FDA, State, and standards set by accrediting bodies. 
• Familiar with routine laboratory procedures, experimental protocols, and overall lab organization. 
• Knowledge of specialized equipment.
• Ability to use databases. Must possess computer skills to include, but not limited, to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. 
• Responds to emergency calls in order to troubleshoot malfunctions of equipment and able to resolve the problem quickly and accurately. 

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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