Scientist

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Scientist is needed for the support of overall Technical Support objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will conduct non-routine laboratory experiments designed to implement new technologies or investigate basic scientific questions relevant to customer complaints/technical issues with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assays and reagents and project responsibilities.
• Designs, plans and executes assigned investigation/trouble shooting activities, research/development related experiments/projects and applying scientific knowledge and accumulated experience to complete projects.
• Need to accurately record information and make sound scientific interpretation of experimental results, which are to be communicated to non-scientific audience through investigational reports and verbal presentations.
• The successful candidate should have deductive reasoning and critical thinking in their tasks as they attempt to enact change to processes and reinforce new methodology in solving problems.
• Establish priorities, create and maintain time frames, and report status of project’s progress toward established project goals and deadlines.
• Prepare regular, internal project update reports and comprehensive project status reviews as required.
• Keeps supervisor informed of status of all projects, particularly of significant findings and results in critical problem areas.
• Ensures that technical activities under delegated supervision are conducted with the framework of both internal (e.g., Safety Regulations) and external (e.g., OSHA) guidelines and regulation.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in Biological science.
• 3 years of relevant industry experience or general laboratory experience.