Associate Biomedical Engineer

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The job details are as follows:

Who we are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension( PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create bio-artificial organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Millions worldwide are living with chronic kidney disease or diabetes. Management and maintenance therapies are ongoing, expensive, and often undermine the person’s quality of life. Their only hope for a cure is an kidney transplant. Unfortunately, the shortage of available kidneys causes patients to spend an average of 5 or more years on the waitlist, and many die before receiving surgery.At IVIVA, we are working to transform the status quo by developing fully implantable bioartificial kidneys. Our goal is to develop a cure that can allows patients with kidney dysfunction to lead a normal life

How you’ll contribute

There has never been a more exciting time to join IVIVA, a United Therapeutics company.  This position offers someone the opportunity of a lifetime – to see a product into something real, an opportunity to create a human kidney equivalent and save lives on a scale before unknown.  Interested in tissue engineering and real life applications that are pioneering organ transplantation? Apply below. The Associate Biomedical Engineer is responsible for assisting our advanced therapeutics team at IVIVA Medical in design, production, and maintenance of bioreactor systems and components, and in design, production, and analysis of tissue scaffolds and components.

• Work closely with scientists and research associates to design, manufacture, and maintain bioreactor equipment, ensuring the preparation and upkeep of bioreactors for tissue-engineered constructs, with oversight and guidance
• Work closely with scientists and research associates to design, manufacture, and characterize tissue scaffolds, enabling cell seeding and enhancing functional outcomes, with oversight and guidance
• Work closely with scientists and research associates to design, manufacture, and maintain physiologic testing equipment, ensuring the functional assessment of tissue-engineered constructs, with oversight and guidance
• Prepare reagents and solutions to support scaffold production and tissue engineering experiments
• Maintain and track the inventory of scaffold materials, scaffolds, and bioreactors, collaborating closely with cell and scaffold production teams
• Adhere to established protocols to perform analytical techniques and biochemical assays for scaffold production and tissue engineering experiments
• Accurately record all data in the in-house data management system(s)
• Assist in preparing data results for presentation to the team
• Meet 1:1 with managers to review results and progress
• Perform all other duties as required

For this role you will need

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Proficiency with 3D modeling software (Solidworks, OnShape, Fusion 360, etc.)
• Experience in 3D printing
• Experience in device design and construction
• Experience in aseptic technique and mammalian cell culture
• Ability to interpret technical data like electronic circuit diagrams,