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QC Ops Tech II

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

El Segundo, CAFull-time$56–72K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$56–72K/yr
Location
El Segundo, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The QC Ops Tech II performs laboratory sample receipt, processing, distribution, and cryogenic sample transfers for testing and storage. The role also supports lab metrics, continuous improvement, standard work, and audit activities. It is onsite in El Segundo, California, with a Wednesday-through-Saturday shift and flexibility in shift hours. Candidates need QC lab experience and one of the stated education-and-experience pathways.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

QC Sample ProcessingCryogenic Sample Transfer5SAudit Checklist ExecutionStandard WorkLifting 25 LbsDry Ice HandlingLN2 Freezer HandlingDependabilityTimelinessInterpersonal CommunicationVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationWorkload PrioritizationOvertime AvailabilityHoliday Availability

Qualifications

AA or 1+ Years Manufacturing ExperienceHigh School or 2+ Years Manufacturing ExperiencePharmaceutical or Biotechnology cGMP3+ Years QC Lab Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Onsite Required

United States - California - El Segundo

Full time

R0056235

We’re here for one reason and one reason only – to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. We’ve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But we're not finished yet.

Join Kite, as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies, and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfill their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.

Job Description

Shift is Wednesday through Saturday 12 to 10:30 pm

at least three years of QC Lab experience.

  • Perform QC sample receipt, sample process, and sample distribution for testing and storage,

  • Perform Cryo sample transfer from -80C to LN2 storage,

  • Gather metric information for use in continuous improvement of areas of responsibility,

  • Perform 5s, Audit Checklist, and standard works in Lab,

  • Maintain Right the First Time,

  • Maintain “0” OSHA recordable goal in Lab,

  • Participate and support in ad-hoc projects or other duties as needed,

  • Shift hours are flexible within seven days each week,

  • Ability to lift 25 lbs and work with dry ice and LN2 freezers,

  • Additional duties as assigned,

  • These duties can be delegated to designated deputies of a satisfactory qualification level as needed.

Basic Qualifications:

  • AA Degree with 1+ years of experience in pharmaceutical / biotechnology or similar manufacturing cGMP

  • High School Degree with 2+ years of experience in pharmaceutical / biotechnology or similar manufacturing cGMP

  • Ability to work overtime and holidays as needed

  • Must have a strong work ethic and demonstrate dependability and timeliness

  • Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are essential in this collaborative work environment

  • Comfortable in a fast-paced company environment with minimal direction and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities

The salary range for this position is: $55,930.00 - $72,380.00. Kite considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.

For additional benefits information, visit:

https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing

  • Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system's ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica, CA. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kitepharma .

For jobs in the United States:

Kite Pharma is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment comprised of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.

For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the 'Know Your Rights' (https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo-law-poster) poster.

NOTICE: EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT (http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf)

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

Kite Pharma will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information; or (d) otherwise protected by law.

Our environment respects individual differences and recognizes each employee as an integral member of our company. Our workforce reflects these values and celebrates the individuals who make up our growing team.

Kite Pharma provides a work environment free of harassment and prohibited conduct. We promote and support individual differences and diversity of thoughts and opinion.

For Current Kite Pharma Employees and Contractors:

Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.

Change The World With Us

Everyone at Kite is grounded by one common goal – curing cancer. Every day, we aim to establish a direct line between that purpose and our day-to-day work.

We are creating Kite together, with the recognition that the best teams are built by the best people. We maintain an attitude of curiosity, and creativity with each challenge as we develop a new market for cancer therapies. We appreciate and respect one another, and most importantly, we don’t take success for granted.

While we’ve come a long way to make what others viewed as impossible, possible, we know one thing is certain. Today is just the beginning.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,442 open Quality Control jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$56–72K/yr
  • California median$118–157K/yr58 salary ranges
  • US median$83–129K/yr409 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $64K, is 51% below the California median midpoint ($130K) — in the lowest quarter of Quality Control salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 124 open Quality Control jobs in California and 1,442 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Quality Control postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 1,011 postings).
Education
343 of the 1,442 open Quality Control jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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