Scientist II

Position Title: Scientist II
Work Location: Ridgefield, CT 06877
Assignment Duration: 2 Years

Position Summary: Design, plan and execute experiments in an independent manner leveraging scientific and technical expertise to achieve defined objectives.

Background & Context: Independently initiates and carries out the process for assay development, optimization and validation as required.
Key Responsibilities:

• Culture cell lines and process primary tissues from different species.
• Work with lab supervisor to identify and optimize new and innovative assays associated with molecular or cellular biomarker discovery.
• Utilize molecular techniques to aid in the understanding of drug candidate mode of action.
• Routine maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Ordering of laboratory consumables to ensure continuous supplies.
• Design, execute, interpret and complete projects in a timely manner.
• Work well in a highly matrixed environment and support multiple projects at the same time.
• Works independently with the capability to troubleshoot experimental procedures.
• Provide training and guidance to laboratory personnel when needed.
• Prepare technical reports, publications and oral presentations.
  
  Qualification & Experience:
• Education :
  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with three-plus (3+) years of experience in related scientific discipline or Master’s Degree from an accredited institution in related scientific discipline or equivalent experience in related field.
• Skills :
  • Cell culture experience with both cell lines and primary immune cells is required.
  • Practical experience with general molecular biology techniques such as qPCR and nucleic acid extraction from tissues and cells is a plus .
  • Experience with technologies and instrumentation such as Quant Studio 12K Flex, MSD, Protein WES, Qubit, Nanodrop, 10X Genomics, BioMek i7, Agilent Tapestation and Illumina sequencing platforms is highly preferred.

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  At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $40.00/hr.

   

• Carry out the laboratory research mission
• Inspect, install, and provide preventive maintenance of general biomedical equipment
• Coordinating the activities associated with a research laboratory
• Enhance the understanding of clinical, biomarker, genomic and other biomedical data sets
• Accomplish time sensitive laboratory tasks
• Supervise, direct, lead, and assign biomedical/clinical engineering technicians and other support personnel
• Calibrate, and maintain all types of basic biomedical equipment, devices, instruments, and systems
• Maintaining a keen interest in biomedical informatics
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to understand data needs and questions
• Conducting laboratory experiments, data analysis, and general laboratory stock and supply maintenance
• Perform a variety of routine tasks associated with the installation, service and calibration of a diverse range of biomedical equipment and instrumentation
• Transforming drug development decisionmaking through applied data science
• Enhance the understanding of clinical, biomarker, genomic and other biomedical datasets
• Maintaining, troubleshooting and optimizing laboratory production equipment
• Assist in the support of a systematic preventive maintenance program for biomedical equipment and instrumentation which may include entry into Computerized Maintenance Management System
• Supervise, train, and direct, biomedical technicians and other support staff
• Ensure inventory levels of supplies, tools and test equipment on dialysis related equipment
• Maintaining laboratory stocks and supplies, ordering as well as recordkeeping of invoices
• Develop and advance new platform process technologies from the laboratory scale
• Prepare and sterilize bacteriological media, reagents, and laboratory supplies