Our RESETTM clinical trials with CABA-201 (investigational CD19-CAR T cell therapy) in lupus, myositis, systemic sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and pemphigus vulgaris are now recruiting.

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Process Engineering Associate, Person-In-Plant

Philadelphia, PA

About the Position

The Process Engineering Associate, Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) is responsible for supporting clinical and commercial manufacturing production at Cabaletta’s cell therapy CDMO. This position will work very closely with manufacturing partners and requires frequent work onsite at manufacturing facility and occasional weekend and overtime work.

Responsibilities Include

  • The main responsibility will involve being sterile gowned in a manufacturing suite primarily acting as Cabaletta Bio’s person in plant (PIP) in a cGMP setting at a CDMO.
    • Oversight to ensure production runs in a smooth manner.
    • Troubleshooting problems that may arise during manufacturing production and communicating to CDMO manufacturing supervisor and Cabaletta technical lead (if possible) in real-time.
    • Support CDMO manufacturing operator training program.
    • Support manufacturing related deviation investigations and CAPAs.
    • Support data capture of manufacturing production through excel and other data software.
    • Identify and support continuous improvement efforts between Cabaletta and the CDMO.
    • Review of batch records and other documentation to support product release activities.
  • Ability to work off-shift, weekends and long hours as needed.
    • Ability to sit or stand for long hours.
  • The secondary responsibilities will involve supporting manufacturing-related tech transfer activities.
    • Support drafting documentation that will be supplied to the CMO which includes but not limited to: Batch Records, Work Instructions, forms and Memos.
    • Support and review CDMO documentation from draft to finalization.
    • Support any pre- clinical runs which could include verification runs, pilot runs and engineering runs at the CDMO.
  • Other responsibilities in the lab setting will also include:
    • Work as part of Cabaletta MS&T team to support process development experiments and IND enabling experiments.
    • Following Cabaletta lab MPRs, SOPs, and work instruction to allow for the successful execution of these experiments.
    • Maintaining proper documentation of such activities via an electronic lab notebook.
    • Support lab shipping and receiving investigational material/ samples.
    • Maintain laboratory material and sample inventory, support the planning of MS&T process development materials needs and coordinate purchasing with lab manager.
    • Maintain all individual training requirements in a compliant state.
    • Other Job duties as assigned by manager.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree
  • 1-2 years of experience in pharmaceutical / biotechnology or similar manufacturing cGMP.
  • Excellent aseptic/sterile techniques and prior cell culture experience are required.
  • Cell therapy manufacturing scale up experience is preferred.
  • Experience of using cell processing related equipment, such as CliniMACS Prodigy, Sepax C-Pro, LOVO cell processing system, and Xuri bioreactor.
  • Experience with handling and expanding T cells in cell culture bags or a bioreactor.
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft word, Excel and some data analysis
  • Ability to think critically and demonstrate troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Self-motivated and understands flexibility in responsibilities.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are essential in this collaborative work environment.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced small company environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities.

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Benefits

Our most important asset is our people and we offer competitive benefits including health and retirement, PTO, and stock option plans.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cabaletta Bio is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law.