R&D Intern

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.

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.

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.

• 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

• Self-motivation, adaptability, organization and a positive attitude
• Good written and oral communication

• Up to 100% healthcare coverage starting on the first day of the month after you start.
• 401(k) match.
• Four weeks PTO during your first year of employment.
• Support for new parents with a generous time-off program.
• Employee affinity groups, volunteer time off, and access to different educational opportunities.

• Location:
  
  City of Industry and Duarte offices
• Schedule:
  
  Monday – Friday
• Travel: 0%
• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt

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.

“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.