Position : Scientist II
Location : Austin, TX - 78744
Duration : 12 Months (Possible to convert to fulltime based on performance and business need)
Job Type : Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: Monday to Friday 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM
Pay Rate: $30-30/hr
Overview
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The job opportunity below is for one of our clients specializing in biotechnology product development services. Our client is dedicated to supplying laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies, and services essential in healthcare, scientific research, safety, and education. As the global leader in serving the field of science, our client boasts an annual revenue of around $40 billion with a mission to empower customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Our client's global team is committed to delivering an unparalleled blend of cutting-edge technologies, convenient procurement options, and pharmaceutical services under their industry-leading brands.
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, and PowerPoint
TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity