Early Research & Development Scientist
Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Initiate, direct, and execute scientific research, product early development, and manufacturing process strategies to support new and existing products.
- Investigate the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions and problems in the pathology lab assay space.
- Plan and execute laboratory research utilizing thorough technical and theoretical understanding of numerous techniques.
- Developing new formulations for staining, data analysis, creative applications of AI tools as part of the Research Staining Technology Team.
- Analyze data, evaluate results, form conclusions, and implement process or document improvements.
- Prepare technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses.
- Present and discuss experiment results within the department and project team.
- Participate in the development of patent applications and efforts to define new components, products, or processes.
- Serve as an in-house and outside consultant, potentially advising top management or acting as a corporate scientific affairs spokesperson.
- Ensure complete and accurate laboratory documentation and electronic files, and adhere to company policies for GMP, GLP, and Design Control.
Education:
- Entry-level Ph.D.
- Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience.
Required Lab Work & Skills:
- Participate in cell culture experiments and maintain live cell cultures.
- Apply advanced scientific knowledge to projects and utilize Design of Experiments (DOE) where appropriate.
Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Previous experience in tissue diagnostics, including immunohistochemistry in a pathology lab environment.
- Knowledge of or experience in primary stains and special stains.
- Experience with Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN).
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile methodologies.
- Image analysis programming experience/scanning of images.
- Experience with Digital Pathology.
- Tissue culture, specifically spheroid and organoid models.