Shared Resources Job Openings

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Lab Aide will assist the Clinical Research Specimen Processing (CRSP) staff with daily QA/QC, data entry, filing, and administrative support responsibilities.

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, all employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to our values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect. 

Responsibilities

Primary/Essential Duties:

• Quality Assurance (QA) of completed laboratory records.
• Data Entry, scanning, and filing (including Florence eBinders).
• Researching answers to sponsor and clinical team queries.
• Routine reporting to study teams.
• Specimen inventory support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Scope of responsibility:

• Level of automony:
  • Daily to weekly oversight
  • The incumbent shall work under the close supervision of the Quality Assurance Coordinator for CRSP.
• Financial responsibility:
  • None

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from High School or equivalent with interest in the sciences

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Competency in MS Office (Excel, Word)
• Familiarity with SmartSheet and/or Florence eBinders

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $20.00 to $26.22 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.  

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months). 

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Fred Hutch Therapeutic Products Program (TPP) Process Development (PD) group supports cell processing manufacturing activities for early-stage clinical trials, and performs technology advancement and development around cell therapy processes such as selection, transduction, and ex-vivo expansion parameters of stem cells, T-cells, and B-cells. PD works closely with internal Fred Hutch investigators and external collaborators to establish manufacturing processes for Phase I/II clinical trials. Long term objectives are to develop efficient, cost-effective, and scalable processes so that these life-saving therapies are brought to patients in need.

The Fred Hutch TPP PD group is seeking a Process Development Scientist.

Responsibilities

• Strategize approach, develop methods, plan and execute experiments to design/develop operational processes, from conceptualization to experiment execution and analysis.
• Provide technical expertise for the PD department in the design and analysis of experiments and in presenting resultant data to groups outside of the department in a succinct, well-organized and coherent manner.
• Partner with investigators in the development of processes that will meet their clinical requirements and address constraints associated with larger-scale manufacturing.
• Coordinate with project management and project sponsors to define the scope of development projects, including cost estimates and timelines.
• Work closely and collaborate frequently with all TPP groups; Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
• Use strong communication and teamwork skills to build relationships with all stakeholders.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement and a learning environment.
• Mentoring junior PD Associates or lab tech and helping them in their planning and activities.
• Understand and keep current on key areas of science and technology, anticipate changes and new directions in the field.
• Consistently exemplify Fred Hutch’s commitment to workplace respect, diversity, inclusion, and research and data integrity.
• Provide input to the department annual operating budgets.
• Evening and/or weekend work may be required from time to time.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Applicants must possess an BS degree in Immunology or a related field, and have a minimum of 4 years of proven experience.
• Hands-on experience in cell and gene therapy based processes including but not limited to CAR T, TCR T and NK cells.
• Hands-on experience in utilizing analytical methods to characterize processes including cell based assays, flow cytometry and proteomic/genomic methods.
• Able to independently design/execute/troubleshoot experiments with design of experiments(DOE) fundamentals and analyze/present data.
• Experience in designing and developing process for scale-up and technical process transfer into a GMP manufacturing environment.
• Strong ability to evaluate technical data and write technical documents.
• Strong ability in presenting information and data to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent communication skills and careful attention to detail are also required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MS or PhD degree in Immunology, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• Management of direct reports and mentoring staff members.
• Publication of novel process improvements, meeting abstracts and/or talks, as appropriate.

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $102,420 to $161,865, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications. 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (up to 13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 12 months for professor track faculty, up to 6 months for other scientific staff). 

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Veterinary Services Specialist I is responsible for supporting the animal health and study support needs of researchers at Fred Hutch. The Veterinary Services Specialist I will assist researchers or Comparative Medicine by providing a variety of basic technical procedures as well as health assessments in studies involving laboratory animals. This is an entry level position within the Comparative Medicine resource with substantial room for growth.

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, all employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to our values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY/ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Research Support:
  • Provide appropriate veterinary care to animals housed in Fred Hutch animal facilities including assessment, treatment, and supportive care, under the direction of veterinarians.
  • Perform diagnostic sampling and submission.
  • Learn to perform procedures such as basic substance administration specimen collection, necropsy, and tissue harvest in accordance with IACUC approved protocols.
  • Perform colony support services such as weaning and identification.
  • Perform animal husbandry duties including monitoring of environmental conditions or water quality, cleaning of primary enclosures, provide nutrition and enrichment to various USDA and non-USDA regulated species.
• Research development: 
  • Establish and maintain positive, collaborative working relationships with investigators and external users to identify veterinary and research support needs.
• Equipment Oversight:
  • Perform basic equipment operation and maintenance of veterinary diagnostic, imaging, or environmental testing equipment.
  • Operate autoclave, pressure washer and other cleaning equipment.
  • Potentially review and identify new equipment needs. 
  • Assist in supply management.
• Training and Education:
  • Adheres to SOPs, training materials, and guidelines for Comparative Medicine and investigator use.
  • Assist in developing SOPs, training materials, and guidelines for investigator use of equipment.
  • May supervise work-study students, interns and lab aids.
• Administrative tasks:
  • Utilize Microsoft 365 products, Cayuse and IACUC protocol systems for record keeping and referencing project information.
  • Maintain accurate animal health and facility records.
  • Submission of appropriate documentation of services rendered.
  • Appropriately uses, documents, and assures security of legend and controlled substances.
  • Report results to users; accurate documentation of laboratory activities; perform basic billing requirements
• Regulatory and Compliance:
  • Operate in accordance with Comparative Medicine policies, guidelines, and SOPs and approved IACUC animal use protocols.
  • Participate in Environmental Health and Safety required training when applicable.
  • Working with the Regulatory Veterinarian, may assist in post approval monitoring.
• Other duties as assigned, including supporting Husbandry and Operations.

The Veterinary Services Specialist I is classified as essential personnel and, as such, is required to work with minimal number of absences and during all Center closures except in the event of a major disaster when access to animal housing and use facilities is prohibited by governmental emergency personnel.   

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Level of autonomy:
  • A Veterinary Services Specialist I will communicate day-to-day needs to their manager.
  • This position has no responsibility for supervision of others.
  • There is high oversight and training from the resource director and senior staff and partial interfacing with resource users.
• Financial responsibility:
  • This role does not have direct financial responsibility but will assist in billing and review of charge codes as required.  

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate Degree and 1+ years of experience, OR GED/ High School Diploma and 3+ years of experience.
• AALAS certification at the ALAT or higher level is recommended, and persons hired for this position should continue to pursue this certification as soon as possible once eligible, until achieved

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, veterinary technology or related field.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new systems and techniques.
• Understanding of laboratory animal housing, biohazard containment, and radiation safety.
• Ability to learn technical procedures in rodents and other animal species as needed.
• Basic understanding of common health conditions and pathogens in all animal species housed at Fred Hutch.
• Excellent communication skills and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Sharepoint, Teams, One Drive, etc.)
• Record keeping and database management 

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $29.19 to $41.56 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.  

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months). 

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Shared Resources Specialist III - Preclinical Modeling is responsible for supporting and collaboratively enhancing the preclinical research needs of researchers using transgenic and preclinical mouse models, at Fred Hutch. The PCM Specialist III will perform a variety of technical procedures related to preclinical models and bench top work to support the science of creating and maintaining preclinical mouse models. This position assumes mastery of all requirements and duties of the Specialist II.

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, all employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to our values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY/ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Research Support:
  • All work may support either the transgenic mouse production team or the patient derived xenograft team.
  • Tasks include: perform basic molecular biology procedures such as designing and validating PCR assays and performing DNA extraction for Sanger sequencing or NGS workflows.
  • Familiarity with CRISPR techniques required.
  • Cellular biology experience preferred.  
  • Experience in hands-on animal handling, procedural techniques and mouse colony management.  
  • Additional research support tasks may include managing surgical mouse models.  
• Research development: 
  • This position is expected to provide a high level of support for users by establishing and maintaining positive, collaborative working relationships with faculty and external users.
  • Develop advanced protocols or creative solutions and deliver high quality models with an added ability to guide users in model choice.
  • Be capable of assisting or leading in experimental design collaboratively with users.  
• Equipment Oversight:
  • Oversee supply management and preparation.
  • Develop techniques to review and identify new equipment needs.
• Training and Education:
  • Develop team SOPs, training materials and guidelines for investigator use.
  • May supervise work-study students, interns and lab aids.
  • Present on new or expanded technologies within Preclinical modeling core.
  • Mentor junior staff within the Preclinical Imaging Shared Resource.
• Administrative tasks:
  • Report results to users; accurate documentation of laboratory activities coordinate and initiate equipment maintenance visits from vendors; 
  • Assist supervisor in performing billing and cost accounting.
  • Foster positive relationships with vendors and service engineers who support Preclinical Modeling.
• Regulatory and Compliance:
  • Assure that all work done is in accordance with an IACUC approved protocol.
  • Assist investigative staff in the creation of IACUC protocols for use of preclinical models. 
• Other duties as assigned including work on weekends, evenings, or holiday shifts as part of a rotation.

The PCM Specialist is classified as essential personnel and, as such, is required to work with minimal number of absences and during all Fred Hutch closures except in the event of a major disaster when access to animal housing and use facilities is prohibited by governmental emergency personnel.   

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Level of autonomy:
  • A PCM Specialist III will communicate issues/ needs of the facility to their manager(s) on an established schedule but will be expected to perform most work autonomously.
  • This position has no responsibility for supervision of others but is expected to mentor junior staff.
  • Resource Director and senior staff contribute to oversight and mentoring of this position.
  • There will regular interfacing with resource users including vendors. ​ 
• Financial responsibility:
  • This role does not have direct financial responsibility but will assist in billing and review of charge codes as required.  

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree and 3+ years of experience, OR
• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of experience, OR
• Associate Degree and 8+ years of experience, OR
• GED/High School Diploma and 10+ years of experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• AALAS certification at the LAT or higher level is recommended, and persons hired for this position should continue to pursue this certification as soon as possible once eligible until achieved
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new systems and techniques;
• Ability to learn all PCM procedural techniques
• Strong understanding of preclinical research using in vivo models;
• Advanced rodent handling and procedural/ surgical skills
• Small animal surgeries using stereomicroscope
• Understanding of molecular biology techniques and concepts.
• Experience with bioinformatics tools including but not limited to databases such as GenBank, Ensembl, and UCSC Genome Browser, Sequence alignment tools (e.g., BLAST, ClustalW) and protein translation and basic sequence analysis
• Familiarity with CRISPR techniques, including design, execution, and validation of genome editing experiments
• Experience in designing and validating PCR assays for various applications, such as genotyping, cloning, or expression analysis
• Proficiency in DNA extraction techniques and experience with Sanger sequencing workflows, including sample preparation and data analysis.
• ​​Experience working in a core lab environment;
• Excellent communication and organizational skills;
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment;
• Experience with MS Office suite of applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Sharepoint, Teams, One Drive, etc);
• Record keeping and database management
• ​Capable of undertaking work with minimal supervision and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously ​​

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $71,552 to $107,328, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.  

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).