Research Technician I, In Vivo Husbandry

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Research Technician I to provide daily husbandry support for the AAALAC-accredited vivarium.

This onsite role involves cage-side health observations, sanitation, and routine animal care five days a week. Responsibilities include health checks, cage changes, animal receiving and ear tagging, inventory management, and assisting with in vivo activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with 1+ years of demonstrated experience working with rodents in a research laboratory setting.
• Background in animal husbandry, restraint and handling preferred.
• Must demonstrate a commitment to quality care of laboratory animals.
• Must possess a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to read, record and communicate information.

Responsibilities

• Performs animal health checks which may include post dose observations and documents study related health changes.
• Performs sanitation of vivarium.
• Performs routine cage changes.
• Performs routine animal colony health surveillance.
• Performs animal receiving (Housing, Ear tagging, Create cage cards, Update study in Benchling In Vivo).
• May assist with In Vivo activities such as labeling tubes, shaving animals prior to surgery, or euthanizing animals.
• Assists with Operations / Administrative Activities (Updates inventory of commonly used supplies; Maintains and updates study paperwork).
• May work with the mouse breeding colony.
• Weekend and holiday health checks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Rodent handling

Animal care

Documentation

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree (preferred)

Job description

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq ARWR) is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. Using a broad portfolio of RNA chemistries and efficient modes of delivery, Arrowhead therapies trigger the RNA interference mechanism to induce rapid, deep, and durable knockdown of target genes. RNA interference, or RNAi, is a mechanism present in living cells that inhibits the expression of a specific gene, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein. Arrowhead’s RNAi-based therapeutics leverage this natural pathway of gene silencing.

Arrowhead is focused on developing innovative drugs for diseases with a genetic basis, typically characterized by the overproduction of one or more proteins that are involved with disease. The depth and versatility of our RNAi technologies enables us to potentially address conditions in virtually any therapeutic area and pursue disease targets that are not otherwise addressable by small molecules and biologics. Arrowhead is leading the field in bringing the promise of RNAi to address diseases outside of the liver, and our clinical pipeline includes disease targets in the liver and lung with a promising pipeline of preclinical candidates.

Arrowhead’s corporate headquarters is in Pasadena, CA with research and development teams in Madison, WI & San Diego, CA, and a state of the art manufacturing facility in Verona, WI. Our employees are nimble, science-driven innovators who are collaborating to bring new therapies to patients in need.

The Position

The Research Technician I provides daily husbandry support for our AAALAC accredited San Diego vivarium. Daily husbandry support includes morning and afternoon cage-side health observations for the mice and rats, bi-weekly cage changes, animal receiving and ear tagging, and general room upkeep. Additional duties include various vivarium sanitation tasks, such as cleaning cage equipment, sanitizing procedure and storage rooms, inventory and supply management, and other duties as assigned.

This role is onsite 5 days a week in San Diego.

Responsibilities

• Performs animal health checks which may include performing post dose observations and documents study related health changes
• Performs sanitation of vivarium
• Performs routine cage changes
• Performs routine animal colony health surveillance
• Performs animal receiving
  • Housing
  • Ear tagging
  • Create cage cards
  • Update study in Benchling In Vivo
• May assist with In Vivo activities such as labeling tubes, shaving animals prior to surgery, or euthanizing animals
• Assists with Operations / Administrative Activities
  • Updates inventory of commonly used supplies
  • Maintains and updates study paperwork
• May work with the mouse breeding colony
• Weekend and holiday health checks
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma with 1+ years of demonstrated experience working with rodents in a research laboratory setting
• Background in animal husbandry, restraint and handlingpreferred
• Must demonstrate a commitment to quality care of laboratory animals
• Must possess a strong attention to detail
• Ability to read, record and communicate information

Preferred

• Associate Degree in Biology, Vet Technician, Laboratory Animal Technician, Biotechnology or similar area of study (or equivalent High School Diploma and 4 years in an animal laboratory setting)
• Must demonstrate a commitment to quality care of laboratory animals

Arrowhead provides competitive salaries and an excellent benefit package.

Candidates must have current, valid authorization to work in the country where this role is located.