Downstream biomanufacturing technician vs research and development technician

Differences between downstream biomanufacturing technician and research and development technician duties and responsibilities

Downstream biomanufacturing technician example responsibilities.

• Assist in managing technical and regulatory site visits to the laboratory and interface with QA and RA on all vendor/regulatory audits.
• Participate in regulatory inspections and FDA tours.
• Perform homogenization and centrifugation procedures for specific projects.
• Work with coworkers and supervisor to effectively troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
• Assist senior level manufacturing technicians within a cGMP facility in the fermentation and harvest of proprietary biopharmaceuticals for purification and packaging.
• Participate in regulatory inspections and FDA tours.

Research and development technician example responsibilities.

• Lead team to standardize test procedures and develop test database to achieve UL approve test laboratory status.
• Develop BlazeMaster and TempRite products and achieve CSA, UL and NSF approvals.
• Design and manage the infrastructure of a quality management system to support regulate clinical and non-clinical GLP studies.
• Manage customer support, and administered/instal office mini-computers and PC network.
• General laboratory duties; coordinate maintenance of equipment, maintain ingredient and prototype inventory, manage shipping and receiving.
• Manage project from conceptual design through final debugging and animal/clinical testing resulting in a new business unit within the company.
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