Principal Scientist, Assay Development

Job Description

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.

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