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Life Science Technician I (Fixed-Term: 1 Year)

Stanford University

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Compensation
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Location
Stanford, CA
Schedule
Full-time / Temporary
Work Authorization
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Job overview

Stanford University’s Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, seeks a Life Sciences Technician I to work with mammalian tissue cultures under approved protocols and prepare laboratory buffers and reagents. The role includes detailed procedures involving animals and gnotobiotic equipment, maintaining animal husbandry and breeding records, and ensuring sterility compliance. It is a full-time position with some flexibility in work hours and may include evening and weekend shifts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mammalian Tissue CultureLaboratory Reagent PreparationExperiment Record-KeepingTeamworkGnotobiotic Animal ExperienceAnimal HusbandryBreeding RecordsDetailed Animal ProceduresGnotobiotic EquipmentSterility Compliance

Qualifications

1 Year Fixed-Term

Full job description

Job Description

The Stanford University Department of Medicine / Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (https://medicine.stanford.edu/people/divisions.html) seeks a Life Sciences Technician 1 at 100% time. The LST will work with mammalian tissue cultures under Stanford University-approved protocols and will create laboratory buffers and reagents. The position also requires accurate experiment record-keeping and the ability to work in a team-oriented environment. Opportunities for growth in responsibility.

This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, from 7 am to 4 pm, with some flexibility in the work hours. It may require some evening and weekend shifts. Applicants should have experience with gnotobiotic animals and maintain animal husbandry and breeding records. The selected candidate will perform highly detailed procedures on animals and gnotobiotic equipment with minimal supervision to ensure compliance with sterility requirements.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,066 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$62–90K/yr20 salary ranges
  • California median$25–30/hr99 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 141 open Laboratory Technician jobs in California and 2,066 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Laboratory Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (882 postings).
Education
288 of the 2,066 open Laboratory Technician jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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