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Are you ready to join Connecticut Innovation’s vibrant community of innovators? Connecticut Innovations (“CI”) is Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm, and we are passionate about serving our portfolio of 220+ companies across various industries, with strengths in life sciences, technology, and climate tech.

Come join one of our quickly growing portfolio companies, Perosphere!

Perosphere Technologies is hiring a Laboratory Technician to join the team based in Danbury, CT! This will be an onsite role, 5 days a week.

About Perosphere Technologies

Perosphere Technologies is changing the way decisions are made for patients at risk for bleeding. A private medical technologies company, Perosphere is focused on development and commercialization of the novel PoC (point-of-care) Coagulometer, which informs diagnosis, treatment, and prevention through precision data, made immediately accessible to all. It is the only point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tool that effectively and swiftly tests clotting times across drug classes, including Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs). The fast diagnosis and related appropriate treatment decisions the PoC Coagulometer enables will help establish a new standard of care in hospital emergency departments for patients at risk for bleeding and has the potential to improve efficiency, provide significant cost savings, and better patient outcomes.

Perosphere Technologies is funded by Advantage Capital Partners, Ambit Health Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Ogden, and others, and has been awarded multiple federal grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Why Work at Perosphere?

• 1 out of 3 DOAC Patient Admissions are incorrectly diagnosed and treated
• Perosphere’s Coagulometer (ClotChek) is the only PoC device that can test coagulation in patients on DOACs
• ~$1 billion market opportunity across Emergency Department, DOAC Outpatient, and Heparin Inpatient segments
• $1 billion in cost reduction to hospitals and payers in the US, with improved standard of care
• Coagulometer readers and cuvettes manufactured under cGMP, ready for commercial production with launch in Europe in 2024 and U.S. to follow
• Company has doubled its employees in the last 15 months, with more planned hiring in 2024 and 2025
• Exciting startup culture with real growth opportunities

Laboratory Technician

Perosphere Technologies is currently seeking a Laboratory to work at our Danbury, CT site. In this role, you will perform, among other duties, inspection, testing, inventory, and validation of products included in the (PoC) coagulometer system – namely, the single use cuvettes and whole-blood controls. This role will also encompass training of end users and other partners on operation of the Point-of-Care (PoC) coagulometer system. As such, domestic and international travel up to 20% of the time is required.

What You'll Do:

• Perform inspection, laboratory testing, validation, and transfer/re-packaging of incoming products for (PoC) coagulometer system
• Maintain detailed records/inventory of incoming products, as well as product already on-site in compliance with QMS requirements.
• Assist with preparation and shipment of commercial and R&D product orders (domestic and international), including packaging, documentation, and coordination with carriers
• Support inventory management activities, including quarantine management, physical counts, and system updates
• Help maintain compliance within Perosphere’s Quality Management System (QMS), including documentation of deviations, non-conformances, and CAPA activities
• Ability to perform basic root cause analysis (RCA) investigations
• Summarize and analyze results and draft reports to capture research/testing results
• Present data to internal teams and upper management
• Perform product training on coagulometer and whole-blood control use to partner and end customers, if necessary
• Prepare for internal and regulatory audits or inspection
• Adapt to new systems and processes as Perosphere continues to grow
• Author and/or collaborate on new written procedures, work instructions, etc. to reflect new or changing processes
• Travel domestically or internationally to end users (i.e. hospitals, clinics, etc.) for training and support, when needed
• Travel to other company sites to perform testing or validation of products

About You:

• 2-5 year’s experience in quality control, inspection, or laboratory testing in the medical device or pharmaceutical industries
• Strong attention to detail, commitment to documentation accuracy, and a high standard of compliance with SOPs and regulatory requirements
• Strong communication skills; both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate across Operations, Manufacturing, and R&D teams
• Above-average MS Excel skills
• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, or pharmaceutical sciences, or related field
• Comfortable working with inventory management systems and maintaining organized electronic records
• Solid analytical laboratory skills and familiarity with laboratory equipment
• Teamwork-oriented mindset with the ability to follow instructions and procedures; capability to independently complete forms and submit paperwork
• Ability to work reliably and independently, prioritize tasks, and proactively solve problems
• Flexibility to travel domestic or international travel (20% of the time)
• Basic familiarity with hematology and coagulation is a plus
• Willingness to pitch in on a wide variety of tasks — from day-to-day operations to high-level customer support activities

Perosphere Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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