Senior Research Associate, Reagent Manufacturing

Spear Bio, founded in 2021, is a well-funded and rapidly growing start-up headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. Our proprietary technology, Successive Proximity Extension Amplification Reaction (SPEAR), is a novel wash-free immunoassay platform, offering unprecedented sensitivity. We are dedicated to revolutionizing early disease diagnosis and monitoring by providing scalable, ultrasensitive solutions that deliver unparalleled accuracy in measuring low-abundant biomarkers, enabling clinicians and researchers to improve patient outcomes and advance global health.

Senior Research Associate, Reagent Manufacturing

Spear Bio is seeking an experienced Senior Research Associate to join our Reagent Manufacturing team. The successful individual will play a critical role managing inventory and testing of incoming raw materials, and will have direct prior experience managing inventory and testing of incoming raw materials within a diagnostic or life sciences manufacturing team.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory for incoming raw materials: antibodies, antigens, peptides, recombinant proteins, critical blockers (BSA), carrier proteins.
• Manage testing: HPLC, gel electrophoresis, some running of assays to see if it works on the new materials.
• Monitor internal inventory of reagents, and escalate internal orders from Assay Development & Workflow Development teams to lab fulfillment.
• Perform troubleshooting with non-conforming materials to ensure high quality product performance.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in BA/BS in biology, biochemistry, bio-engineering or related field.
• 2-4 years of direct experience performing inspection of incoming raw lab materials and inventory management, in a diagnostic or life sciences manufacturing environment required.
• Experience running biofluid-based (serum or plasma) immunoassays on raw materials for testing purposes.
• Strong communications skills, proactive work style, enjoys being part of a collaborative team and desire to grow within a start-up environment.
  
  

We offer competitive compensation, meaningful stock ownership, comprehensive benefits, and a great work environment. This is an opportunity to enter an innovative, high-growth startup at an early stage. We are focused on identifying candidates who have demonstrated leadership and excellence throughout their careers and are excited by the prospect of building an industry-leading company.

Spear Bio Inc. provides equal opportunity in employment to all persons. No person shall be denied equal access because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or physical/mental disability.

Spear Bio does not accept blind resume submissions from external recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted without prior written agreement will be deemed the property of Spear Bio, and no placement fees will be paid.