Coronavirus-Testing Firm To Create 250 Jobs In Texas

AUSTIN, TX — Tapped by Texas government officials to help increase testing for the coronavirus across the state, California-based Curative Inc. is poised to provide screening 48-hour results while concurrently hiring 250 jobs — including 150 in Austin, officials announced Friday.

The Texas Department of Emergency Management tapped the firm to increase testing efforts through the company's highly regarded oral-fluid test — described as simple to use, painless, self-administered by the patient with results coming within 48 hours. Curative officials said they have tested 3.5 million samples across the U.S., representing about 10 percent of the daily U.S. testing capacity.

The effort also will create 250 jobs in various Texas cities, company officials said in an email. Curative and the Texas Department of Emergency Management will hire 150 people "...to power the scaling of COVID-19 testing capacities" in the greater Austin area for a new laboratory, officials said. Moreover, officials added, the company will hire dozens more across Dallas, El Paso, Houston and San Antonio to support local deployment of mobile testing.

Curative provided Patch with a partial list of available jobs, directing those interested to Indeed.com for the full list.

Available jobs

1. Clinical Lab Assistant I = $17 per hour
   • Assisting the Clinical Lab Supervisor and Lab Technicians on the Lab Accessioning and Plating teams.
   • Checking inventory and ordering supplies.
2. Clinical Lab Assistant II = $22-25 per hour
   • Assisting the CLS’ and Laboratory Lead on the RNA extraction and qPCR teams (as needed).
   • Checking inventory and ordering supplies
3. Lab Leads = $35-$40 per hour
   • Assisting the Laboratory Director on the process workflow
   • Working closely with other Lab Leads, R&D and QA/QC teams
   • Managing a team of 6-20
   • Checking inventory and working closely with the supply chain
4. Mobile Van Crew = $20/hour
   • Setting up and preparing the mobile testing operation
   • Checking people in for an appointment, distributing tests through the van, and guiding people through self-administered tests
   • Building relationships with local businesses to park the van near them
   • Scheduling the van's locations
   • Tracking and reporting key data points
   • Driving the van

Location

Positions in the lab (the first three listed) will be at:

1700 Royston Lane

Round Rock, Texas 78664

How to apply

For all positions, candidates can apply by sending their resumes to TX-HR@curativeinc.com and include:

1. The position you're interested in
2. A few sentences about yourself
3. A link to your LinkedIn or an attached resume

About Curative

Curative Inc. was founded to develop tests for sepsis in January 2020 and pivoted to COVID-19 in early March 2020 upon realizing the urgent need for test development and production in the U.S. Curative is currently operational within a CLIA-certified lab in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and soon to be Texas. Comprising a team of doctors, scientists, engineers and health industry experts, Curative has developed a simple-to-use oral fluid COVID-19 test, with excellent turnaround times, the highest possible clinical sensitivity, within a model that can be scaled to enable widespread access to testing to keep communities safe. For more details on Curative, please visit www.curativeinc.com.