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This role adds to the build out and further development of our growing process development team with the advancement of the production and analytics capability for Nkarta’s NK products.

This position plays a critical role in advancing process development of Nkarta’s NK cell therapy program as we build out our PD capabilities.

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to join the Binder Development team. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in all aspects of antibody discovery approaches for the generation of CAR binders for lead selection for preclinical development. A junior intern that shows promise will be considered for transition to full time.

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to join the Viral Vector, Analytical Development (AD) team in implementing various assays to characterize and release testing for Nkarta’s viral vector platforms. The Research Associate/Senior Research Associate will work closely with Viral Vector Process Development and QC groups using analytical capability to continue support for Nkarta’s NK products.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Biometrics the Director of Clinical Data Management will be responsible for leading and managing all Clinical Data Management (CDM) activities to meet corporate timelines and objectives. The Director of CDM will be responsible for building and leading the CDM function and for setting strategies for the CDM function.

Nkarta offers a unique opportunity for a highly motivated Documentation Associate to join our growing Quality Assurance team.  This role will be integral in the management of controlled documentation system and processes.  Additionally, this role will support the collection, review, maintenance, and archival of GxP documents in accordance with regulatory requirements, guidance and Nkarta Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate. 

This is a lead role for the Facilities engineering and operation of a new commercial manufacturing, lab and headquarters facility located in South San Francisco, CA. The Director of Engineering, Facilities will take ownership of 1150 Veterans and all its facilities and processes supporting manufacturing, labs and office.   The Director will manage the functions of the facilities and engineering and maintenance groups and will have responsibility for planned, preventative and corrective maintenance, installation and modification of equipment, machinery, and buildings systems, utilizing both internal and contract resources across multiple sites. Position will be required to manage capital projects and equipment installs to support corporate and GMP locations as directed. This position also leads compliance activities for the Facilities Engineering Organization

Nkarta offers a unique opportunity for a highly-motivated QA Specialist to join our growing Quality Assurance team.  This role supports the batch disposition activities for Nkarta NKX101 and NKX019 programs, including but not limited to batch records review, deviation and change control approval. The role also supports the qualification of our new manufacturing suite and technical transfer of advanced NK cell therapies. It is a key position to closely coordinate with internal and external partners in a cross-disciplinary team of immunologists, engineers, and clinicians to develop and implement best practices in cell therapy manufacturing.

This position plays a critical role in advancing process development of Nkarta’s NK cell therapy program as we build out our PD capabilities.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Research Associate/ Associate Scientist to join our early discovery and development team. IN this role you will interact closely with group leaders, scientists and research associates to drive discovery and development of new therapeutics to pre-clinical development.

This Pre-Clinical In Vivo Pharmacology Group Leader is responsible for leading and managing core functions at Nkarta responsible for in vivo candidate validation, effective conduct of IND-enabling studies, and pre-clinical biomarker analyses. The successful candidate will develop novel animal models and work with other research and development groups to prioritize and coordinate efficient use of the in vivo department facilities, equipment, and staff.  This position requires a collaborative, creative individual with proven ability to work across a matrixed environment to advance preclinical programs from target validation through IND enabling activities. The ideal candidate will have group management experience and will serve as a subject matter expert for cell therapy in vivo pharmacology, rodent models of human disease and preclinical imaging and histology. This is a full-time position in In Vivo Pharmacology, reporting to the Senior Director/Vice President, Preclinical and Translational Biology.

We are currently offering a unique opportunity for a highly motivated process development senior scientist/process engineer to join our team with downstream development experience in viral production and analytics.

Support the daily GMP manufacturing operations of allogeneic NK cell therapies while driving facility and equipment qualifications, initiating and assessing deviations, reviewing batch records, and authoring SOPs.

Nkarta offers a unique opportunity for a highly motivated QA Specialist to join our growing Quality Assurance team.  This role will be integral in building, automating and continuous improving the GxP Quality Management Systems. It will oversee activities related to the operation, efficiency, and compliance of quality systems and programs such as Deviation Management, CAPA, Change Control, Data Integrity, Metrics, Vendor Management and Audits, Internal Audits, and Management Review.

This role adds to the build out and further development of our growing analytical development team with the advancement of the production and analytics capability for Nkarta’s NK products

Nkarta seeks a highly motivated, results oriented, and collaborative senior research associate/ associate scientist with deep knowledge and experience in immunology and various immunology models to join our growing research team to assist with NK biology characterization related functions. This individual performs research and/or development with others in the group for CAR NK projects.

We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Sr Research Associate candidate to join the Translational Medicine team at Nkarta Therapeutics in supporting the design, development, and optimization of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and biomarker assays to define parameters associated with CAR-NK cell-mediated clinical responses.   The candidate will have strong cell therapeutic or immuno-oncology development history with extensive hands-on experience characterizing and validating immunological assays with NK and/or T-cells. A thorough understanding and application of flow cytometry and cellular-molecular techniques for studying immunological activity is favorable for this position.

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Senior / Principal Scientist to join the Analytical Development (AD) team in implementing various assays to characterize Nkarta’s pipeline of cellular immunotherapy products, with special focus on genomic analysis.  This role adds to the build out and further development of our growing analytical development team with the advancement of the production and analytics capability for Nkarta’s NK products. 

This role adds to the build out and further development of our growing analytical development team with the advancement of the production and analytics capability for Nkarta’s NK products.  Specifically, we are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Senior Scientist to design, develop and implement in-process, release and characterization assays to support Nkarta’s pipeline of viral vectors and integrated viral sequences.

The role is responsible for supporting the planning, execution, and technical support of manufacturing process scale-up and technology transfer project tasks/activities, in which ex vivo modified cell therapy drug substance and drug product operations are transferred from Process Development to Manufacturing in order to produce quality product at cGMP manufacturing scale in support of both clinical and future commercial programs

Reporting to CSO, the Head of Pre-Clinical and Translational Research is responsible for leading and managing core functions at Nkarta responsible for in vivo candidate validation, effective conduct of IND-enabling studies, and clinical correlative analyses. The successful candidate will manage a team with capabilities for the development of models and analytics that help elucidate product activity, safety, pharmacokinetics and dynamics, and mechanism of action.  This individual will collaborate closely with Nkarta’s discovery, process development, and clinical development groups to integrate translational research into the overall goals of the company.

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to join the Analytical Development (AD) team in implementing cell-based assays to characterize Nkarta’s pipeline of cellular immunotherapy products.

In April 2022, Nkarta announced Phase I data demonstrating that our co-lead programs, NKX101 and NKX019, are well tolerated and highly active in heavily pre-treated patients with hematologic malignancies.   The Nkarta Cell Therapy Development team strives to continue the successful development and advancement of additional novel CAR cell therapy pipeline programs to address not only hematologic malignancies, but also bring next generation cell therapies developed with our best-in-class platform to successfully treat patients with solid tumor malignancies. We are currently offering a unique opportunity for a highly driven, curious, and focused researcher to join our team to develop and assess novel CAR candidates to drive pipeline programs. The successful candidate is a self-starter, is enthusiastic about cell therapy, and most importantly, wants to make a profound impact on cancer patients.

We are seeking a highly motivated and highly collaborative Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to join the Analytical Development (AD) team in implementing various assays to characterize Nkarta’s pipeline of cellular immunotherapy products, with special focus on genomic analysis.

Nkarta is seeking an experienced patent attorney to join its growing legal team. The Senior Intellectual Property Counsel will be responsible for managing the Nkarta patent portfolio, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, formulating patent strategy, and conducting patentability and freedom-to-operate evaluations. Other responsibilities will include counseling management and scientists on matters related to intellectual property.