Senior Scientist

Carlsbad, United States | Posted on 04/03/2025

• Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
• Work Experience 5+ years
• City Carlsbad
• State/Province California
• Country United States

Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinate and complete research and development assignments; make sound technical judgments and suggestions.
• Schedule and prepare work in relation to general program schedule.
• Test and evaluate work; confer with senior staff as needed.
• Applies scientific method and experimental design in problem solving.
• Uses scientific expertise to provide solutions to a broad range of difficult problems, solutions should be thorough and practical.
• Maintains accurate, precise, and legible laboratory notebooks.
• Writes reports and technical summaries.
• Prepare technical reports and documentation.
• Provide recommendations for new product development; work to see recommendations through to completion.
• Maintain accurate in-depth knowledge of the scientific principles; keep current on new industry developments.
• Contribute to scientific discussions pertinent to the Company’s products and developmental goals.
• Prepare scientific reports for publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Provide advanced technical support to Manufacturing and Technical Services as needed.
• Ensure and maintain compliance with the Company’s quality system requirements through training and adherence to policies, procedures, and processes.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Networking/Key relationships:

• Responsible for cross-functional collaboration for technical solutions in new product development and released product support projects.
• Frequent inter-organizational and outside contacts. May represent the company to outside organizations on technical issues.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

• Bachelor’s degree (required) and completion of a Ph.D. degree (preferred) in a scientific discipline, or equivalent. Ph.D. in a Biological Science with expertise in hemostasis, hematology, immunology, or cell biology
• Professional assay development experience is preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years previous medical research experience required.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Excellent technical writing and documentation, communication, interpersonal, analytical, and presentation skills are essential.
• Must be able to work with advanced techniques, to modify and/or extend theory and practices.
• Ability to be flexible and to think creatively to problem solve and develop products is essential.
• Computer literacy required; knowledge of Microsoft Office (including extensive Excel skills) and experience with large enterprise resource planning (ERP) and electronic data management systems required.