Scientist II
Artech LLC · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- South San Francisco, California, United States
- 5+ years
Scientist II in the gRED Cell Therapy Department supporting in vivo cell therapy research, focusing on lentiviral vector production, characterization, and assay development.
Responsibilities
- Execute and optimize research-scale lentiviral vector production workflows
- Produce and characterize research-grade lentiviral vectors for in vitro evaluation and preclinical studies
- Develop, optimize, and execute molecular and cell-based assays to assess vector quality, titer, gene delivery, CAR expression, and functional activity
- Perform primary human cell culture and engineering studies to support delivery platform evaluation
- Apply flow cytometry to assess transduction efficiency, CAR expression, and cell phenotype
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Cell Biology or related discipline
- PhD in Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, Bioengineering, Cell Biology or related discipline
- Nice to have: suspension-based lentiviral vector production
- Nice to have: scale-up or process development
- Nice to have: CAR T-cell functional assays