Scientist, Assay Development

As a leading innovator of women’s health, we at Hologic are empowering people to live healthier lives everywhere, every day.

R&D is the engine of our business here at Hologic, our R&D teams sit at the cutting edge of technology, our innovations are designed to achieve exceptional clinical results making it possible to detect, diagnose and treat illnesses and other health conditions earlier and with more certainty. 

We are looking for an experienced Scientist to join our R&D Assay Development team and in this role, you will be responsible for initiating, directing, and executing scientific research and/or development strategies. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for a significant portion of a complex project or an entire less complex project or multiple less complex projects.  Understands the scope of the overall project in the scope of corporate strategy. May manage 2 or more Scientist 2 personnel who have sub groups of Research Associates and Scientist 1. May represent R&D on a Core Team for a product development project.  May have budgetary responsibility for the R&D portion of the budget related to their project.  Demonstrated results in research or product development efforts in three or more of the following areas:
  • Core Services – e.g. Microbiology skills, bioinformatics, sequencing, cloning, analytical chemistry, oligo synthesis and/or purification
  • Feasibility – e.g. Contributing to one or more of the following: the design of oligo systems, sample processing or assay formulation experiments. Perform experiments to support feasibility of software such as results processing, change to the instrument or new instrumentation. 
  • Assay Integration – Executing experiments in one or more of the following areas: 
    • Support of the ADM, sequence file results processing or other software modules required to run the assay on the instrument. 
    • Experiments to test assay performance at the extreme operating parameters of the instrument. 
    • Experiments to transfer successfully an assay fully developed on one platform to another. 
    • Experiments to improve assay or instrument robustness and ultimately performance.
• May be asked present work at scientific conferences or write scientific papers. Collaborates and communicates effectively with junior level employees, peers and cross-functional teams across all levels of the organization.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the basic knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:

• Manage Execution: Conveys clear expectations for assignments, delegates enough of own work to others, monitors progress of others and redirects efforts when goals are not being met, continually looks for ways to improve processes, products, and/or services.
• Build Realistic Plans: Develops realistic plans, actions steps and timetables for projects and assignments; identifies specific action steps and accountabilities, prepares realistic estimates of budget, staff and other resources.
• Promote Teamwork: Promotes teamwork amongst groups: discourages “we versus they” thinking, facilitates  the discussion and resolution of  different views; involves others in shaping plans and decisions that affect them; contributes to the efforts of the team’s work.
• Share the Vision: Executes plans and develops strategies for achieving vision; articulates the strategies to team(s) and others; manages people in a constructive manner to achieve strategic goals.
• Make Sound Decisions: Makes timely decisions based on accurate logic; looks beyond symptoms to identify causes of problems and drives team to routinely perform root cause analyses; makes decisions in the face of uncertainty; takes all important issues into account when making decisions, including impact on people.

Education:

• B.A. /B.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.
• M.S. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.
• Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related field.

Experience:

• 7-9 years post-baccalaureate laboratory experience. Industrial experience preferred. 
• 6-8 years laboratory experience post-M.S. without thesis. Industrial experience preferred.
• 5-7 years laboratory experience post M.S. with thesis. Industrial experience preferred.
• Ph.D. with no post-doctoral research experience or 4-6 years industrial experience.
• Ph.D. with post-doctoral research experience and 3-5 years industrial experience.

Why join Hologic?

We are committed to making Hologic the destination for top talent. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career.

From a benefits perspective, you will have a access to benefits such as medical and dental insurance, ESPP, 401(k) plan, vacation, sick leave and holidays, parental leave, wellness program and many more!

The annualized base salary range for this role is $108,700 to $170,000 and is bonus eligible.  Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.

Agency and Third-Party Recruiter Notice:

Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition, Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter.  All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.

Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans.

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Salary : $108,700 - $170,000