Research Technician

Caltech

📍 Pasadena, California, United States

Full Time Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians Posted June 12, 2026

Job Description

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Technician with extensive hands-on experience in insect cell culture (Sf9 and Hi5) using the baculovirus expression system and mammalian cell culture across diverse cell lines. The successful candidate will support ongoing structural and functional studies of protein complexes by producing high-quality recombinant proteins in both insect and mammalian systems.
 

Essential Job Duties

  • Generate bacterial, insect cell, and mammalian expression constructs (basic molecular cloning techniques required).
  • Maintain and passage ins...