R&D Intern

R&D Intern

City of Industry/Duarte, California

Category: Research & Development

Type: Intern

Min. Experience: Intern

Salary: $24.00 - $25.00 per hour

Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience’s mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Research & Development team, which is seeking a passionate individual, to fill the role of our R&D Intern. This entry-level role will work onsite full-time on a variety of moderately complex projects providing support for the R&D Department.

Who Is Prolacta Bioscience?

We give babies a brighter future by unlocking the biological power of human milk. Established in 1999, Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 premature infants globally. Prolacta is the world’s leading hospital provider of 100% human milk– based nutritional products. Based in Southern California, we employ more than 300 people globally, many of whom have dedicated their lives to neonatal care.For more information, please visit www.prolacta.com

How you will contribute

This role will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the growth of our organization and develop your professional skills by:

• Support research and perform biological or chemical assays per the established procedures or guidelines (such as ELISA, SDS-PAGE, particle-size analyzer and others).
• Compile and analyze experimental data.
• Support on-going product characterization, stability study and data analysis.
• Perform study tasks to support R&D and/or Operations projects, including writing summary report.
• Write protocols or summary reports
• Perform documentation change request
• Prepare, ship and track samples to external laboratories or sites.

What you bring to the role

• Enrolled (junior/senior) or newly graduated from accredited colleges or universities with good academic standing
• Majoring in Biological Science, Chemistry, Food Science or Engineering (bio/chemical) degree
• MUST have prior experience with engineering, chemistry or biology laboratory (such as laboratory courses)
• Flexible work hours, including some mandatory early morning and late-night shifts

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Attention to detail
• Self-motivation, adaptability, organization and a positive attitude
• Good written and oral communication

How Prolacta benefits you

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From up to 100% healthcare coverage starting on the first day of the month after you start, to 401(k) match, we value our employees’ health and financial wellbeing. We offer four weeks PTO during your first year of employment and support our new parents with a generous time-off program. We encourage employees to participate in our employee affinity groups, take volunteer time off, and provide access to different educational opportunities.

What else do you need to know

Location: City of Industry and Duarte offices

Schedule: Monday – Friday

Travel: 0%

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Depending on your residential location certain laws might regulate the way Prolacta manages applicant data. California Residents, please review our Privacy Notice for California Employees and Job Applicants for further information, this can be found on Prolacta.com on www.prolacta.com . By submitting your application, you are agreeing and acknowledging that you have read and understand the above notice.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/ hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.

EEO Statement

“Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.” Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status.