Bioreactor Operations Technician
Airtree is advertising this role on behalf of one of our biotech portfolio companies, who are currently in stealth mode. This role is based in Sydney, Australia. We're looking to attract keen Boston candidates eligible for a work & holiday visa to work in Sydney for the summer (your winter!) for 6+ months. Sponsorship available for high performers.
We exist to drastically increase access to advanced medicines. We are looking for experience bioreactor operators to support upstream development.
We’re hiring an experienced operator to assemble, sterilise and run a fleet of up to 16 benchtop bioreactors - twelve 300 mL vessels and four 3 L vessels - safely, aseptically and on schedule.
Why this role exists
This is an execution-first role, not an experimental-design role. Our scientists define the question, set the run parameters and interpret the data; you make those plans happen reliably. The job is to make a large reactor fleet feel routine through flawless preparation, clean technique, repeatable operation and complete records — and to solve normal equipment and controls problems without pulling a senior scientist away from their work.
The Role
- Operating the full 16-reactor fleet: twelve 300 mL and four 3 L mammalian-cell-culture bioreactors, often in parallel and on shared run schedules.
- Assembling vessels, tubing, probes, spargers and single-use components; le
