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Quality Control Lab Intern Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

The Quality Control Lab Technician is responsible for inspecting production materials, preparing samples, and performing both routine and special laboratory tests to ensure compliance with ASTM and ...

The Quality Control Lab Technician is responsible for inspecting production materials, preparing samples, and performing both routine and special laboratory tests to ensure compliance with ASTM and ...

QC Specialist

Chino, CA · On-site

$25 - $32/hr

Collaborate with Technical Services Manager, Quality Control Lab Manager, and field technicians to conduct trial batches and material evaluations. TESTING COORDINATION & DOCUMENTATION: * Determine ...

EXPERIENCE • Experience working with computers preferred. • Inspection experience preferred. • Experience working with clean room environment preferred. • Experience working in a QC lab ...

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Quality Control Lab Intern information

What is the difference between Quality Control Lab Intern vs Quality Control Technician?

AspectQuality Control Lab InternQuality Control Technician
CredentialsTypically pursuing or recently completed a degree in science or related fieldUsually requires relevant certifications or experience in quality control
Work EnvironmentLaboratory setting, supervised, learning-focusedOperational lab environment, more independent work
Employer & Industry UsageInternships offered by pharmaceutical, food, or manufacturing companiesFull-time role in similar industries, responsible for testing and quality assurance

The main difference is that a Quality Control Lab Intern is a learning position often held by students or recent graduates gaining hands-on experience, while a Quality Control Technician is a full-time role requiring more experience and responsibility in testing and quality assurance processes.

What is a quality control lab intern?

Quality Control Lab Interns are entry-level professionals who support laboratory teams by conducting tests and inspections to ensure products meet quality standards. They assist with sample preparation, data collection, and analysis under the supervision of experienced lab staff. This role provides hands-on experience in quality assurance procedures, laboratory equipment operation, and documentation practices. Interns gain valuable insight into regulatory compliance and industry best practices, often serving as a stepping stone for future careers in quality control or laboratory science.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as a quality control lab intern?

To thrive as a Quality Control Lab Intern, you need a solid understanding of laboratory procedures, basic chemistry or biology, and attention to detail, typically supported by coursework in a related scientific field. Familiarity with laboratory equipment, safety protocols, and data analysis software such as LIMS or Excel is often required. Strong organizational skills, effective communication, and a willingness to learn help interns excel in collaborative and fast-paced lab environments. These skills and qualities are crucial to ensure accurate testing, maintain safety standards, and support the overall quality assurance process.

What types of projects or tasks can a quality control lab intern expect to work on during their internship?

As a Quality Control Lab Intern, you can expect to assist with daily sample testing, data analysis, and documentation to ensure products meet company and regulatory standards. Interns often help prepare and conduct laboratory experiments under supervision, perform equipment calibration, and maintain accurate records of test results. You may also participate in team meetings to discuss findings and collaborate with other departments, such as production and R&D, to resolve quality-related issues. This hands-on experience provides valuable insight into quality assurance processes and teamwork in a laboratory environment.

What are the most commonly searched types of Quality Control Lab jobs in California?

The most popular types of Quality Control Lab jobs in California are:

What cities in California are hiring for Quality Control Lab Intern jobs?

Cities in California with the most Quality Control Lab Intern job openings:

Lab Assistant (Intern), Quality Control

Catalent Pharma Solutions

San Diego, CA

$20/hr

Part-time

Posted 19 days ago


Catalent rating

7.6

Company rating: 7.6 out of 10

Based on 55 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

59th of 86 rated pharmaceutical


Job description

Lab Assistant (Intern), Quality Control

Position Summary:

  • Work Schedule: Part-time (15-20/hours per week) Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm

  • 100% on-site (San Diego)

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Catalent's San Diego facility focuses on early-stage development of small molecule and peptide drug candidates from the bench to the clinic. This facility offers an array of services that support oral and injectable dosage forms that include preformulation testing, formulation and analytical development, cGMP manufacturing and clinical packaging, labeling, and worldwide distribution. Our San Diego location is the home of our Catalent Spray Drying technologies with downstream roller compaction capabilities to support the needs of our client's most challenging compounds.

Catalent offers students a fun and stimulating environment to gain lab experience and exposure to pharmaceutical chemistry development. Lab Assistants will have the opportunity to learn about formulation development of drug products, including but not limited to tableting, solutions, suspensions, encapsulation, and spray drying. In addition, Assistants will have the opportunity to learn the analytical chemistry techniques used to characterize active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulations such as: pH, density, powder X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, microscopy, and dissolution testing.

If you are a UC San Diego student and are hired, you are likely eligible to enroll in the UC San Diego School of Biological SciencesCo-Op Program. In addition to paid work experience at Catalent, you'd gain professional development and science communication training through a UC San Diego course for academic credit. (This is the Co-Op Program link:https://biology.ucsd.edu/education/career/co-op/index.html)

**This is a PART TIME, PAID, YEAR-ROUND student internship, and all students are required to commit 15-20 hours per week (NOTE: bachelor's degree graduates will not be considered). To be considered for this San Diego-based internship, you must be able to work on-site weekly**

The Role:

  • Cleaning laboratory glassware and supplies.

  • Performing maintenance on designated laboratory equipment and ordering supplies.

  • Preparation of buffers and laboratory reagents.

  • Documenting experiments in a laboratory notebook.

  • Assistance in experiments under the supervision of a full-time pharmaceutical chemist or quality control analyst.

  • May also perform routine experiments without supervision.

  • Learn and comply with all GMP practices in use at Catalent.

  • All duties performed in compliance with SOPs.

The Candidate:

  • Must currently be a full time, minimum second year college student with a major in life sciences. Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology majors (with a focus in Chemistry) preferred.

  • Completion of Upper Division Chemistry Coursework is preferred. Prior experience in chemistry and chemistry lab techniques are strongly recommended.

  • Candidates should be highly self-motivated, organized, and able to work as part of a team

  • Availability to work 15-20 hours per week on-site during the hours of 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday (no exceptions)

  • Housing assistance and/or relocation are NOT available for this role

  • Physical Requirements: On an average day this position requires the ability to walk, sit and stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear, smell and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements including reading of written documents, visual inspection of materials and use of computer monitor screen frequently

Pay:

  • The annual starting pay for this position in San Diego, CA is $20/hour. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why you should join Catalent:

  • Awesome employee activities: Movie Day, Monthly Birthday Celebrations, Friday Bagel Breakfast, On-site Fitness Center with machines, Sponsored Sports Teams, and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery, which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships, overall creating a positive work environment.

  • Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.

  • Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.

  • Competitive salary/hourly rate offering students an amazing company to add to your resume before graduation with exciting hands-on lab experience.

  • Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:

Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.

California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.


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About Catalent

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Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve.

Industry

Pharmaceutical product wholesalers

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Somerset, NJ, US

Year founded

2007

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