Surgery Technician (Organ Perfusion)

Until
San Francisco, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level surgery technicians with hands-on experience in pre-clinical surgical procedures and ex vivo perfusion experiments, working in a fast-paced experimental biotechnology environment.

Best fit for

  • Experienced surgery technicians comfortable with complex pre-clinical surgical procedures.
    — “supporting and executing complex pre-clinical surgical procedures
  • Technicians who thrive in fast-paced experimental environments with significant ownership.
    — “thrives in a fast-paced experimental environment
  • Individuals excited to contribute directly to solving hard biotech problems.
    — “excited to contribute directly to solving one of the hardest problems in biotechnology

Things to consider

  • Role requires significant hands-on technical work and protocol execution.
    — “significant ownership over critical biological procedures
  • Position involves close collaboration with scientists and engineers.
    — “work closely with scientists and engineers

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific experience with tissue preparation and cannulation.
    — “tissue preparation, cannulation, surgical troubleshooting
  • Demonstrate examples of maintaining experimental quality and reproducibility.
    — “critical to maintaining experimental quality, reproducibility
  • Showcase ability to translate concepts into reliable procedures.
    — “help translate experimental concepts into reliable surgical and perfusion procedures
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • supporting complex pre-clinical surgical procedures
  • maintaining experimental quality and reproducibility
Typical background
medical or biological sciences backgroundexperience in surgical or laboratory settings

Skills & requirements

Required

Surgical ProceduresEx Vivo PerfusionCannulationTissue PreparationProtocol Execution

Preferred

CryopreservationBiotechnology

Stack & domain

Surgical ProceduresEx Vivo Perfusion ExperimentsCannulationSurgical TroubleshootingProtocol ExecutionOrganizedTechnically RigorousCalm Under PressureExcited To Contribute Directly To Solving One Of The Hardest Problems In BiotechnologyBiotechnologyOrgan PreservationCryopreservation

About the role

Original posting from Until via Lever

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.

We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Surgery Technician to join our whole organ preservation team full-time. In this role, you will play a central hands-on role in advancing our perfusion, preservation, and experimental surgical workflows.

The primary focus of this position is supporting and executing complex pre-clinical surgical procedures and ex vivo perfusion experiments, with particular emphasis on tissue preparation, cannulation, surgical troubleshooting, and protocol execution. This role is critical to maintaining experimental quality, reproducibility, and operational throughput across our research program.

You will work closely with scientists and engineers developing next-generation cryopreservation systems and will help translate experimental concepts into reliable surgical and perfusion procedures. We are looking for someone who is highly organized, technically rigorous, calm under pressure, and excited to contribute directly to solving one of the hardest problems in biotechnology.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced experimental environment, enjoys hands-on technical work, and wants significant ownership over critical biological procedures.

Source: Until careers (Lever)

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