Principal Scientist, Assay Development

A candidate with experience in developing products and assays for NGS applications will become a key contributor to develop products for the Forensic Genomics community. Candidates with a proven track record developing assays and reagents from concept to commercialization will be considered. As a successful candidate, you will work in a dynamic, team-oriented environment including bioinformatic scientists and software engineers. The successful candidate will love doing good science in the laboratory with a great group of scientists as well as analyzing a lot of data with a strong focus on the customer experience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Senior member of the team directing, mentoring, and contributing to experimental design and execution of experiments, and data analysis of current development projects.
  
• Analysis of complex datasets with the support of bioinformatic scientists.
  
• Contribute to the overall success of projects; anticipate problems to minimize issues and work to resolve any issues to minimize impact on success of project.
  
• Mentor, direct and assist junior scientific staff setting an example for good scientific practices.
  
• Plan, conduct, analyze, interpret, and report recommendations based on tested experimental results.
  
• Write experimental reports, summaries and protocols for supervisors, project needs, and other teams as appropriate
  
• Lead assay teams on a projects, contribute to core teams, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver the best-in-class reagents and software.
  
• Presentations at scientific conferences.
  
• Assist the Senior Director with strategy, risk management, documentation, and processes, day to day management of the laboratory.
  

Requirements

Position Requirements

• PhD degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or related field with 5 years industry experience in developing NGS based assays from concept to commercialization. Master's with 15 years of industry experience in developing products from concept to commercialization will be considered.
  

• Experience with reagent formulation and assay workflow design and optimization required.
  

• Experience in NGS applications required.
  

• Knowledge of DOE, Critical Parameter Management, or Statistical methods highly desirable
  

• Solid skills in document writing; development of reports, plans, work instructions, technology transfer from R&D to manufacturing required.
  

• Comfortable in a role of technical leader for a project, willingness to direct and manage team members as well as function as an individual contributor to the team
  

• Willing to analyze results from both the perspective of product development and requirements for robust products and the perspective of the customer in terms of the application of the products
  

• Ability to perform independent research of publications and patents for input into project and assay design
  

Personal Requirements:

• Ability to handle hazardous and biohazardous materials including human blood products
  

• Detail-oriented, organized, ability to implement protocols and keep good notes in a lab notebook
  

• Analytical, detail oriented, organized, efficient, problem solver
  

• Must have a desire to be part of a fast-paced and dynamic development environment
  

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verb
  

Benefits

• Dental insurance
  
• Employee assistance program
  
• Flexible spending account
  
• Health insurance
  
• Health savings account
  
• Life insurance
  
• Paid time off
  
• Vision insurance