Clinical Laboratory Associate, Prenatal and Oncology
Union City or Menlo Park, CAJob$66K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 6 days ago
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Job overview
BillionToOne seeks Clinical Laboratory Associates to support day-to-day laboratory operations in Union City or Menlo Park. The role handles specimen receipt and accessioning, isolation procedures, equipment maintenance, and quality assurance while following laboratory requirements. Associates also prepare reagents and records, support inspections and staff training, and contribute to process improvements. The position is onsite and offers multiple shift schedules.
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Full job description
A Rare Opportunity to Shape the Future of Genomics
Join a team of brilliant, passionate innovators determined to transform healthcare. At BillionToOne, we've built a category-defining, publicly traded company on Nasdaq where transparency fuels trust, collaboration drives breakthroughs, and every contribution moves the needle on our mission to make life-changing diagnostics accessible to all. We don't just aim for incremental improvements; we build products that are 10x better than anything that exists today.
Our scientists, engineers, sales executives, and visionaries are united by an unwavering commitment to changing the standard of care in prenatal and cancer diagnostics. This is where cutting-edge science meets human compassion, and every innovation you contribute helps remove the fear of the unknown from some of life's most critical medical moments.
If you're driven by purpose, energized by innovation, and ready to help shape the future of precision medicine at scale, this is where you belong.
We are looking for passionate Clinical Laboratory Associates (CLA) to be responsible for assisting our day-to-day operations, providing equipment maintenance in the clinical laboratory, completing the pre-analytical phase of testing (e.g., specimen receipt, accessioning, and plasma/buffy coat isolation), performing quality assurance procedures, while complying with all local, state, and federal laboratory requirements. The Clinical Laboratory Associate (CLA) is an onsite position (Union City or Menlo Park) and provides a great opportunity for career growth - at BillionToOne, we offer an array of career growth opportunities and a clear growth tracks supported by our performance reviews (every 6 months).
Available Shift Hours:
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Union City: Tue - Sat, 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM / Mon - Fri, 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM
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Menlo Park: Tue - Sat, 7 AM - 3:30 PM / Sun - Thur, 7 AM - 3:30 PM / Mon - Fri, 3 PM - 11 PM
Responsibilities:
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Perform specimen receipt and accessioning according to the laboratory’s standard operating procedures
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Perform isolation procedures according to the laboratory’s standard operating procedures to CLA responsibilities
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Maintain equipment according to the laboratory’s standard operating procedures
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Clean labware, equipment, and benches
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Prepare documents and binders for equipment and personnel records
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Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the established performance specifications
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Perform and document routine preventative maintenance
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Prepare reagents required for laboratory preparation
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Communicate effectively with coworkers and non- laboratory personnel
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Report all concerns of accessioning quality and/or safety to the Laboratory Director, Supervisor, or Safety Officer
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Participate in inspection preparation activities
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Review of controlled documents as assigned
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Participate in the training of new accessioning personnel on current procedures including the following:
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Provide hands-on training
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Provide guidance, feedback, and mentorship while respecting various learning styles
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Ensure appropriate documentation is reviewed and completed
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Participate in training meetings
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Prioritize a positive work environment
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Exhibit a dedication to team work above and beyond scheduled daily work
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Participate in projects and process improvements for sample receipt and accessioning
Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in biology or related life sciences field
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Excellent attention to detail
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Effective written and verbal communication skills
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The ability to multitask and work independently
Nice-To-Haves:
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Biophysics, Molecular biology (DNA purification, PCR, electrophoresis) or next-generation DNA sequencing laboratory experience
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At least 6 months of experience with molecular biology techniques in a research or clinical laboratory
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Previous clinical laboratory experience is preferred
Benefits And Perks:
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Working alongside brilliant, kind, passionate and dedicated colleagues, in an empowering environment, toward a global vision, striving for a future in which transformative molecular diagnostics can help millions of patients
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Open, transparent culture that includes weekly Town Hall meetings
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The ability to indirectly or directly change the lives of hundreds of thousands patients
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Multiple medical benefit options; employee premiums paid 100% of select plans, dependents covered up to 80%
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Extremely generous Family Bonding Leave for eligible employees (16 weeks, paid at 100%)
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Supplemental fertility benefits coverage
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Retirement savings program including a 4% Company match
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Increase paid time off with increased tenure
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Latest and greatest hardware (laptop, lab equipment, facilities)
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Daily on-site lunches provided from top eateries
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A variety of perks on campus (state of the art gym, restaurant)
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Free on-site EV charging (compatible with all EVs, including Tesla)
At BillionToOne, we are proud to offer a combination of (1) competitive base pay, (2) the opportunity for professional growth, (3) corporate bonus program, on top of (4) industry leading company benefits (free healthcare options, 401k match, very generous fully paid parental leave, etc.).
For this position, we offer a total compensation package of $66,118 per year, including a base pay rate of $28.90 per hour.
BillionToOne is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
For more information about how we protect your information, we encourage you to review our Privacy Policy.
BillionToOne is a next-generation molecular diagnostics company on a mission to make powerful, accurate diagnostic tests accessible to everyone. Our revolutionary QCT molecular counting technology enhances disease detection resolution by over a thousandfold using cell-free DNA,a breakthrough that has already transformed the lives of over half a million patients worldwide.
Our Impact
Unity Complete™ is the only non-invasive prenatal screen capable of assessing fetal risk for both common recessive conditions and aneuploidies from a single maternal blood sample. Unity Confirm™ enables non-invasive confirmation for high-risk screening results through the capture of intact circulating fetal cells using BillionToOne’s Fetal Cell Capture™ Technology. Our Northstar® liquid biopsy test uniquely combines treatment selection with real-time monitoring, giving oncologists unprecedented precision in cancer care.
Our Growth
From $0 to $400M+ annualized revenue run-rate in just 6 years. In 2025, we completed one of the most successful IPOs for a medical diagnostics company, building on nearly $400M in private funding,including our $130M Series D in 2024 and backed by world-class investors including Hummingbird, Adams Street Partners, Neuberger Berman, Baillie Gifford, and Premji Invest.
Our Recognition
Forbes named us one of America's Best Startup Employers for 2025 and we're Great Place to Work certified, with 100% of our people willing to go the extra mile, even as we've scaled to over 700 employees.
Our Future
Headquartered in Menlo Park with facilities in Union City, CA, and a new lab opening in Austin, TX in 2027, we're continuing to push the boundaries of what's possible in molecular diagnostics. We're just getting started.
Ready to help us change the world, one molecule at a time? Learn more at billiontoone.com
How this job compares
Set against the 2,056 open Laboratory Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$66K/yr
- California median$59–90K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$51–70K/yr228 salary ranges
This rate, $66K, is 7% below the California median midpoint ($71K) — in the middle half of Laboratory Technician salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 133 open Laboratory Technician jobs in California and 2,056 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Actalent15 open
- University of Southern California11 open
- Eurofins5 open
- 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 (881 postings).
- Education
- 285 of the 2,056 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 28, 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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