Scientist Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Scientist to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize and implement technical advances in order to develop and improve assays for spatially-resolved genomic profiling;
- Maintain and update laboratory notebooks;
- Contribute to the company’s intellectual property portfolio by documenting results and filing for IP protection;
- Respond to spills per CP 030-0202 Chemical Spill Response;
- Provide guidance to other members of the team in the field of cell biology;
- Drives for creative problem solving and quickly identifies roadblocks for quick resolution;
- Allocates time and resources efficiently, effectively prioritizes, and continually seeks ways to improve individual and corporate efficiency;
- Process Optimization: develop new assay chemistries with the goal of minimizing cost and turnaround time while maintaining accuracy;
- Follows product development lifecycle process and design control;
- Presents data at technical meetings;
- Coordinates multiple global sites to plan, schedule, and execute on late stage development, verification, transfer and validation activities;
- Maintaining accurate records, writing reports, and preparing/giving presentations;
- Understanding of sample preparation microfluidics on the GeneXpert platform;
- Provide guidance and supervise junior research associates;
- Lentiviral transduction techniques for ORF-overexpression experiments or RNAi and CRISPR-Cas9 knockdown/knockout experiments.
Requirements:
- Experience culturing different mammalian brain cell types including human iPSCs, immortalized cells, and primary cells;
- Experience developing and optimizing scientific protocols or Standard Operating Procedures;
- Demonstrated ability to innovate novel scientific approaches in order to address a target experimental goal or hypothesis;
- 2 years of laboratory experience (academia or industry);
- Lifting;
- Hands-on experience with in-situ molecular biology protocols (immunohistochemistry or FISH) is a plus, single-cell genomics background preferred;
- Medical device and/or in vitro Diagnostic product launch experience is highly preferred;
- Be highly goal-oriented, self-driven and organized, and be able to thrive in an atmosphere of shifting demands and priorities;
- Practical knowledge of design control and development of IVD assays for a regulated market;
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills;
- Experience performing nucleic acid extraction/purificaiton;
- Data and Statistical Analysis;
- Ability to organize and prioritize assigned workload;
- Ph.D. with working experience in the life science industry; or Master’s degree with significant experience in the life science industry;
- Mammalian cell culture and isolation.