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 developed for multiple indications and the company has recently finalized the construction of its 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 NK cell-based therapies in a clean room environment and help ensure the company’s goal to battle cancer, and improve the life quality of 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. Apply already today, as we will evaluate applications continuously!
Job description
As a Bioprocess engineer, you will work with aseptic cell production in the newly built facility, and support development activities in the manufacturing process. Work is conducted in a clean room environment according to GMP and processes according to standard operating procedures.
Your main responsibility areas include:
- Cell production in clean room
- Monitoring production progress in and outside clean room
- Equipment supervision
- In Process Control
- Environmental monitoring
- Aseptic batch cleaning
- Material management
- Writing SOPs and production documentation
- Batch documentation review
- CAPA investigations
- Continuously improvement of production quality, and capabilities, technology, efficiency
Qualifications
- A BSc or BMA degree and higher in a relevant scientific discipline
- Knowledge of cell production and analytical equipment
- Knowledge of laboratory and aseptic work
- Knowledge in immunology
- Experience in documentation such as SOP, batch protocols
- Fluent in English
Merited are:
- Knowledge in NK cells
- Knowledge in immunotherapy
- Knowledge in GMP
- Industry experience in ATMP and cell culture work in GMP settings
- Working according to SOPs, including experience in documentation
- Experience in cell culture in bioreactors
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 the 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.
Application
Please send your application to paul.do@xnktherapeutics.com. We are hiring continuously and will review the applications swiftly upon arrival.
For further information regarding the position, please contact Paul do, Head of Clinical Manufacturing and Engineering, paul.do@xnktherapeutics.com.
About the company
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 have 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.