Research Engineer, Levi Lab

Job Summary

The Levi laboratory in the Division of Burn, Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery in the Department of Surgery has an opening for a Research Engineer. The Levi lab’s mission is to improve the lives of people living with skin and musculoskeletal injuries and diseases through rigorous science and compassion. Current projects in the Levi laboratory are related to the molecular biology behind tissue fibrosis and the repair and regeneration process in tendon, muscle, and bone. The laboratory integrates multiomics-based approaches with investigations of musculoskeletal development, homeostasis, repair, and regeneration. The laboratory uses transgenic animal models combined with bioinformatic approaches to understand the cell-cell interactions that occur within the stem cell niche under physiological conditions and strives to understand how these divergent signaling mechanisms may guide future therapeutic strategies to promote faithful repair of damaged tissue.

The Levi Lab looking is for a Research Engineer to join the team and be willing to commit to at least two years. The Research Engineer will need to have extensive training in optical imaging and development of programs used for imaging of human tissue. The job will require training in model development and testing as well as the ability to interpret, organize, and present data. The ideal person will need to be comfortable with manuscript writing and figure presentations. They will also need to be a leader, comfortable with leading a team of scientists and directing a

Experience and Education

·       Bachelor’s degree in biomedical, physics, or engineering discipline and two (2) years year related experience.

·       Advanced degree maybe used in lieu of experience.

Job Duties

·       Provides technical engineering expertise in the performance of laboratory experiments, data collection, and analysis.

·       Selects and determines procedures in approach to research investigation and in design of instrumentation to achieve assigned investigational goals. 

·       Makes and records observations and measurements.

·       Compiles and collates resulting experimental data. 

·       Sets up and operates equipment, instrumentation, and other investigational apparatus.  Research options and make recommendations for new equipment and supplies. 

·       Assembles, erects, or fabricates equipment in accordance with specifications for analyzing data samples.

·       Performs statistical and other analyses and prepares technical reports regarding methodology and results.

·       May provide working supervision to technicians or research personnel of lower grade.

·       Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

·       Work requires thorough knowledge of electronic test equipment, biomedical recording equipment, microprocessor-based instruments, and like.

·       Work requires verbal, computer, and other technical skills.

·       Work requires skill to fabricate adapters, mounts, etc.

·       Work requires ability to skillfully operate manual hand and power tools.

·       Work requires skill to write and modify computer software.

·       Work requires ability to multitask.

·       Work requires wide range of physical activities.

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