Job Detail

The
Wyss Zurich is a joint accelerator of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, which was made possible by a generous donation from the Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr. h.c. mult. Hansjörg Wyss. The mission of Wyss Zurich is to drive the clinical translation and technology transfer of outstanding scientific discoveries into new therapies for patients and breakthrough innovations in the emerging fields of Regenerative Medicine and Robotics, and to promote hybrid technologies in these fields. Wyss Zurich brings together some of the world's leading experts to form multidisciplinary teams, pooling their knowledge and expertise.


CUTISS AG is a biotech company spin-off of the University of Zurich (UZH), focuses on the development of personalized bioengineered skin graft products for the treatment of skin defects. Its lead product denovoSkin™ has successfully completed Phase I in pediatric patients. Clinical Phase II studies are underway in Europe and Switzerland. CUTISS AG aims at designing an intelligent, automated platform to optimize the manufacturing of its bioengineered skin product. CUTISS AG is a start-up project currently incubated at Wyss Zurich. We offer immediately or by arrangement a position as aProcess Developer Assistant (100%), Zurich-Schlieren
We offer a position for a highly dedicated Process Developer Assistant, who can support the development of next-generation skin grafts. The job candidate will support the R&D Department with in lab management duties and the optimization of cell isolation, expansion and cell characterization methods required to produce bioengineered skin graft products.


You will perform general laboratory duties such as basic maintenance of equipment, preparing media reagents and stock management activities. Under supervision, you will implement and perform high-quality mammalian cell culture experiments. Furthermore, you will assist in the execution of cell and tissue characterization methods such as Flow Cytometry and Histology. Assisting in the development and improvement of standard operating procedures (SOPs) will belong to your tasks as well as assisting in documenting research results and data analysis. You will efficiently report to the Senior Lab Manager.
You are excited to work in a start-up environment and enjoy thinking outside of the box. You hold a BSc or MSc in a biological field (e.g. cell / molecular biology, tissue engineering, biotechnology or biomedicine) or a comparable education with a minimum of 2 years of practical experience in academia or industry. Primary human cell culture experience is a plus. You are a communicative, highly organized and team-oriented person with a great sense of quality, responsibility and an independent working method. Good MS-Office knowledge is required; whereas computing skills such as Image J, FlowJo or MatLab are a plus. You are fluent in English and German, both oral and written. The successful candidate is required to demonstrate flexibility as our laboratory environment may require working evenings and especially weekends.CUTISS AG as a young and dynamic start-up company offers flexible working hours in arrangement with the experimental schedule. You will gain experience in implementing research results from R&D to manufacturing and clinics (GMP). Furthermore, we offer five weeks holidays.
We look forward to receiving your online application. Please address your application to Wyss Zurich, denovoSkin, Jackie Vuistiner, Weinbergstrasse 35, 8092 Zurich. Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.


For further information please contact Jackie Vuistiner, Management Assistant at jackie.vuistiner@cutiss.swiss (no applications) or telephone +41 43 549 21 10 and/or learn more about us on www.cutiss.swiss and www.wysszurich.uzh.ch.