Bioprocess engineer to XNK Therapeutics

XNK Therapeutics is a clinical stage, immunotherapy company focusing its efforts on preventing and treating cancer by developing novel NK cell-based therapies. The company has established a leadership position in the clinical development and manufacture of autologous NK cell-based products using its proprietary technology platform.
The company is currently in a phase of strong expansion. The cell therapy platform is being further developed for multiple indications and the company has recently finalized the construction of its own GMP production facility.
To take the next step in this exciting journey, XNK Therapeutics is now looking to recruit bioprocess engineers to join the manufacturing and engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for the GMP production of the NK cell-based therapies in clean room environment and help ensure the company’s goal to battle cancer, and improve life quality of in becoming an important and natural component in tomorrow’s cancer treatment.
The position is full-time and based at the company’s headquarters in Novum, Huddinge. We will evaluate applications continuously and we welcome your application today!
Job description
As a Bioprocess engineer, you will work with aseptic cell production in newly built facility and manufacturing equipment, and support development activities in the manufacturing process. Work is conducted in clean room environment according to GMP and processes according to Standard operating procedures.
Your main responsibility areas include:
Clean room operations
Environmental monitoring
Cell therapy production
In Process Control
Monitoring production progress
Equipment supervision
Writing SOPs
Evaluate process criterias and results
Improve production capabilities
Material management
Continuously improvement of production technology, capacity and quality
Qualifications
Key qualifications include:
A BSc or BMA Degree and higher in a relevant scientific discipline.
Knowledge in Immunology
Knowledge of aseptic work
Knowledge in GMP
Experience in documentation such as SOP, batch protocols
Knowledge in cell production and analytical equipment
Good knowledge of English
Merited are
Industry experience in biotechnological production and cell culture work in GMP environment
Experience with ATMP production
Working according to SOP’s, including experience in documentation is merited.
Experience with FACS and cell counting
The candidate for this position is a reliable team player with a high sense of responsibility as we are working with patient material. You are a structured person with attention to detail, high awareness of quality in performance and ability to both identify and solve problems as they come up. Importantly, as part of a small biotech production team, the position will require a self-motivated person with a positive can-do attitude, interpersonal skills and multi-tasking ability.
Our Story
XNK Therapeutics AB is an immunotherapy company focusing its efforts on preventing and treating cancer by developing novel NK cell-based therapies. The company’s platform-technology and leading investigational autologous drug candidate has ideal properties for targeting cancers, including settings where allogeneic cell products are not readily applicable. It is foreseen that the product will bring a critical component to tomorrow’s cancer treatment strategies. XNK Therapeutics is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more info, please visit www.xnktherapeutic.com