Scientist
Scientist
Your role:
Job
Responsibilities:
Who You Are:
Minimum
Qualifications:
Preferred
Qualifications:
Benefits:
About The Company:
#gttnonitEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
- Contract Duration 12
months
Your role:
- The Scientist I position will support the SMCTM Assay Development Team.
- The Scientist will be working independently to develop immunoassays for use on the SMCTM Immunoassay platform.
- This is a high-visibility, hands-on laboratory position that includes designing and performing experiments, analyzing resultant data, writing reports, and presenting results to peers within academic partners, or corporate partners.
- Tasks will include, but are not limited to: assay feasibility, assay development, optimization, reagent formulation, guard band and stability studies, sample testing, and assay verification studies.
Job
Responsibilities:
- Follow established assay development processes in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.
- Plan and execute experiments that support investigations into new biomarker assays, including understanding potential interfering proteins and sourcing appropriate antibodies & reagents.
- Critically analyze, summarize and report data generated from experiments, draw conclusions from experimental results, and recommend and execute follow-up actions with consideration of prior experimental findings (self and others) with minimal supervision.
- Propose new investigations based on experimental findings.
- Present data at Team meetings or to small focus groups that may include representatives from other departments and/or outside parties.
- Participate in and may lead brainstorming and troubleshooting sessions.
- May represent the Company in external relationships including communications with instrument manufacturers, suppliers of critical components, potential partners and evaluation sites.
- Facilitate the transfer of developed assays to Manufacturing, including involvement in the completion and release of enabling documentation for newly developed assays by ensuring all relevant technical information is incorporated into the appropriate documents.
- Maintain familiarity with current technology-related information, literature, and theories.
- Demonstrate scientific creativity and understanding of the principles, requirements, and practices of immunoassay development.
- Conduct project-related information searches, and literature searches, and may be involved in review for project specifications and initiation.
- Contribute to scientific publications, posters, and conferences, when appropriate
- This position may include work during non-standard hours; for example, second shift, some weekends as needed to meet deadlines.
Who You Are:
Minimum
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry or other related Science Discipline with 3
years' experience with immunoassay development and assay validation for biomarker assays or bioanalytical analysis, with experience in at least one of the following assay formats: magnetic particle (e.g., SMC or Luminex platform or similar), ECL, ELISA or similar immunoassay platform; or a Master's degree in Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry or other related Biological Sciences discipline.
Preferred
Qualifications:
- PhD with 2
years' experience, Master's degree with 5
years' experience or Bachelor's degree with 10
years' industry experience in immunoassay development experience - Experience with RT-PCR
- Experience with Stage-Gate Product Development Process from Assay Inception to Manufacturing/Operations transfer
- Proven success in pre-clinical / clinical immunoassay development
- Demonstrated understanding of Oncology, Cardio & Metabolic Disease
- Working knowledge of statistics, Design of Experimentation (DOE), etc.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word programs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to understand, prepare, and communicate technical scientific information to a wide range of audiences
- Demonstrated technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and ability to work independently
Benefits:
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About The Company:
- Our client aspires to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company by using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, they have brought hope to humanity by developing important medicines and vaccines. Today, they are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. Our client fosters a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operates responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable, and healthy future for all people and communities.
#gttnonitEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
|
|
 | |
