What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist II position at Wissen Care?

Shift: Monday to Friday 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Responsibilities

The individual will work with R&D on product development, and analytical validation workflows.
Will apply technical knowledge to develop design verification and validation test methods kits/reagents/instruments/workflows for nucleic acid purification from plasma, cell culture media and FFPE samples.
Using automated technology to extract Nucleic acids from diverse sample types
Modify experimental procedures to suit the particular needs of experiments
Develop a hypothesis and then design the necessary set of experiments to test the hypothesis with limited guidance
Analyze the data derived and explain the outcome of their experiments
Maintain accurate and detailed lab notebooks and appropriate documentation based on the scientific method enabling other scientists to reproduce their experiments
Prepares regular reports documenting experiments
Presents research data and conclusions in 10-30 minute sessions
Ability to read a scientific paper, reproduce the experiments described and understand the conclusions
Complete lab compliance activities

Skills and attributes:

Strong laboratory and technical hands on skills required
Pipet and perform procedures reproducibly
Perform a dilution series to create a standard curve
Perform lab calculations needed to make solutions from powder or from stock
Operate basic lab equipment such as computers, centrifuges, quantitation instruments, Agilent Bioanalyzer, PCR, real-time qPCR instruments, plate readers etc.
Routine experience with most common molecular procedures such as nucleic acid isolation, endpoint PCR, real-time PCR…
Mammalian cell culture experience is a plus.
Technical expertise in molecular biology and standard analytical QC assays. Specifically, automated and manual nucleic acid isolation techniques, qPCR, dPCR, and NGS using Applied Biosystems and Kingfisher Magnetic Particle Handlers, Quantstudios, Ion Torrent, Nanodrop, Qubit, etc.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Biological Science, chemistry, biochemistry, biomedical engineering or related field.
At least 3-5 years laboratory experience is required
Industrial experience in Next Generation Sequencing environment.
Regulated background experience a plus.
Experience with statistically-based plan development, power, test method development, data-driven decision-making, statistical analysis (JMP), DOE, and design-focused six sigma experience
Experience in an IVD development environment
Experience writing and implementing quality focused procedures
Experience working with BSL2 sample types in BSL2 lab setting
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $29.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

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