Senior Laboratory Technician, Quality

Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life.  Our Quality teams help shape the development of groundbreaking technologies to ensure each stage of our innovation process is held to the highest standards of integrity and safety. You’ll bring your passion for problem solving and partner with various teams to influence decision-making for a product’s entire lifecycle.  Your work will involve you optimizing product development to impact patients around the world with pioneering technology.

You will perform routine and non-routine testing to support validation/revalidations of critical systems and sterilization equipment, identification of bacterial/fungal isolates, evaluation of inactivation rates of organisms, product resistance studies, prepares general test data summaries, trend charts, protocols and reports.  You will also perform testing, per established standard operating procedures. 

How you will make an impact: 
•    Perform routine and non-routine testing within the department, as per established procedures. 
•    Perform data entry of routine and non-routine testing. 
•    Assist in testing validation/revalidation activities for critical systems and sterilization equipment with minimal supervision. 
•    Microbial identification and evaluation of inactivation rates of microorganisms.
•    Prepare data summaries, protocols and reports using existing templates as a model. 
•    May generate inter-company memos using templates for areas such as sample request or to schedule studies. 
•    Initiate and support laboratory investigations and propose recommendations for manager view. 
•    Propose and update operating procedures and ensure that specifications are in compliance with GMP, Environment, and Safety regulations. 

What you'll need (Required): 
•    Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology or a related field (Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, etc.) 
•    2 years’ related laboratory technician experience

What else we look for (Preferred):
•    Medical device industry or related industry preferred, including aseptic techniques. 
•    Computer skills: Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel); LIMS experience strongly preferred. 
•    Good verbal communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills. 
•    Good writing skills required.
•    Knowledge of Good Manufacturing and Good Documentation Practices supporting a medical device environment. 
•    Strict attention to detail.
•    Must be able to work in a team environment. 
•    Ability to provide feedback in a professional, direct, and tactful manner. 

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California, the base pay range for this position is $51,000 to $72,000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).  Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to complying with the requirements and guidance from our government authorities and to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them around the world. As such, all Healthcare Interacting positions require COVID-19 vaccination, which includes anyone who directly interfaces with patients and those who interact with healthcare providers as part of their role. If hired, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in countries where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination. In countries where vaccines are less available, or other requirements exist, we may institute alternate measures that optimize patient safety and healthcare provider safety, which may include regular COVID testing or specific masking requirements.