About Pendulum
Pendulum® is leading a revolution that is occurring around the world to improve physical and mental health by first understanding, then restoring and enhancing the human microbiome.
Studies have shown that our microbiome (the bacterial communities in and on our bodies) is linked to everything from metabolism and diabetes, to longevity, weight loss, healthy immune systems, cancer prevention, feelings of well-being, inflammatory bowel disease, and even healthy skin. We have just scratched the surface on understanding the impact that our microbiome has on our lives. During early life we develop a diverse and balanced microbiome that plays a critical role in shaping our long-term health. Over our lives, a combination of diet, lifestyle, antibiotics, and aging can decrease the effectiveness of our microbiome.
Pendulum recognized the enormous impact they could have on people’s lives if they were able to address the imbalances in the microbiome. To accomplish this, Pendulum created proprietary probiotic pipelines and a unique discovery platform to identify key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them. The company has also built and developed the world’s first manufacturing technology to produce bacteria in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment at scale.
The medical probiotics that Pendulum has formulated have transformed the consumer probiotics market into a new category of therapeutic offerings that deliver the power and efficacy of a pharmaceutical with the safety and accessibility of a natural probiotic. Due to Pendulum’s explosive revenue and customer growth over the last two years, the company earned a spot on Forbes Magazine’s exclusive “The Next Billion Dollar Startups” list.
If you’re interested in improving the lives of people globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading.
Position Summary:
Pendulum is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Quality Technician to join our Quality team. This person will play a crucial role in ensuring we meet growing customer demand. They will contribute to establishing a strong foundation of best practices that will enable business growth. Our ideal candidate is interested in working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, is motivated by seeking efficiencies and solving problems, and is excited by supporting the flow of goods from R&D through to commercialization.
What You'll Do:
- The duties and responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintain and monitor facility food safety, sanitation and documentation in the production environment
- Conduct routine and non-routine QC testing to ensure compliance with internal standards. (PCR, Plating Facility Inspection)
- Verify sanitation activities, such as preoperational inspections and swabbing
- Monitor and verify in process checks
- Complete and retain QA records and documentation
- Escalate non-conformances, issues, and events
- Audit GMPs, procedures, and paperwork on the production floor
- Inspect and verify incoming and final product meets specification standards
- Assist in the continuous improvement activities
- Review and update batch records, forms and work instructions
- Help follow up on corrective and preventive actions, and deviations
- Provide hands-on assistance and problem-solving support to the quality control team
- Verify quality of incoming materials including raw and packaging material
- Conduct environmental monitoring and prepare/ship lab samples for 3rd party testing
- Ensure quality processes are followed
- Actively participate in process improvement
- Other duties as assigned
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (chemistry, microbiology, food science, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or related discipline) from an accredited college/university
- 3+ years relevant experience in a dietary supplement, pharmaceutical or food manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of GMP.
- Ability to partner and collaborate within and across departments to achieve quality requirements and ensure compliance.
- Technical writing skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Detailed, analytical and critical thinker with a “can do” attitude
- Strong organizational skills with ability to work independently
- Experience with aseptic techniques used in microbiology is desirable.
- Experience with SQF is desirable.
- Proactive, honest communicator, flexible, and team player
- Familiarity with developing/writing SOPs, documenting and tracking lot numbers
- Strong computer skills, familiar with Excel, Word, and Google apps
- Hours - Wednesday - Saturday 2pm-12am
- This is 100% on site position
Salary & Benefits
- $67,658 - $78,934
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Commuter Benefits
- Life & STD Insurance
- Company match on 401 (k)
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Equity
Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal
opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to
race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics,
disability, age, or veteran status. We welcome all to apply.
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What We Do
Pendulum is an information forensics company that classifies non-textual, publicly available content to identify the source, message, audience, and evolution of harmful narratives.