The QC Specialist is a critical link between production and delivery at Twist Bioscience. You will be responsible for the implementation and continuous improvement of QC methodologies within our high-throughput production laboratory. By leveraging data-driven insights and advanced molecular biology techniques, you will ensure that every DNA product meets our rigorous internal standards and exceeds customer expectations.
Onsite - 5 Days a week in Wilsonville, OR Facility
Key Responsibilities- Product Release: Review and release products based on established QC metrics to ensure 100% compliance with customer specifications.
- Data Monitoring: Proactively monitor QC data trends to identify potential process drifts before they impact product quality.
- Quality Investigations: Lead investigations into product or process deviations; perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and manage Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
- Reporting & Analytics: Synthesize complex data sets into actionable quality reports, summarizing trends for leadership and stakeholders.
- Documentation & Training: Author, review, and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and provide technical training to the operations team.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Operations and Engineering to streamline QC workflows and integrate new technologies.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a related scientific field.
- Experience: 2+ years of industrial experience in a Quality Control or laboratory operations environment.
- Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience with molecular biology techniques, including PCR, NGS sequencing, spectroscopy (e.g., NanoDrop/Qubit), and fragment analysis (e.g., Fragment Analyzer/TapeStation).
- Critical Thinking: Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes, data-driven decisions in a fast-paced, high-throughput manufacturing setting.
- Compliance: Strong understanding of ISO 9001, ISO 13485, or GMP standards.
- Automation: Experience working with automated liquid handling robotic systems and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
- Problem Solving: A proven track record of troubleshooting complex technical assays and process workflows.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical data for non-technical audiences.
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What We Do
Twist Bioscience is a synthetic biology company based in South San Francisco, California. The company has developed a proprietary silicon-based manufacturing process for the production of synthetic DNA.
Twist Bioscience serves Life Science researchers who are changing the world for the better. Coming from diverse fields of medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, scientists use our synthetic genes, oligo pools, and NGS target enrichment to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet.
Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate these efforts by providing precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable. Our technology overcomes inefficiencies and enables cost-effective, rapid, precise, high-throughput DNA synthesis and sequencing. We offer both the quality and quantity researchers need now to rapidly realize opportunities ahead.
