Scientist, Cell Biology & Analytics

Summary

NIST seeks an individual to conduct research to advance cell characterization and biomanufacturing measurements. Executes stabilization protocols, uses automation/DOE for reference material design, and develops quantitative protocols. Collaborates on standards and co-authors publications. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

NIST seeks an individual to conduct research to advance cell characterization and biomanufacturing measurements. Executes stabilization protocols, uses automation/DOE for reference material design, and develops quantitative protocols. Collaborates on standards and co-authors publications. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

This position conducts research within the NIST Regenerative Medicine Program to advance cell characterization and biomanufacturing measurements. Assist in the development of mammalian cell characterization strategies Execute design of experiments strategies to generate data supporting reference material development and use
Work with members of NIST Biosystems and BIomaterials Division to address mammalian cell measurement challenges and reference material needs

Basic Requirements for 0401 Biologist:
Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience:
Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirements for 0858 Biomedical Engineer:
Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics;

(b) strength of materials (stress‑strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

- Professional registration -- Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration.

For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

- Written Test-- Evidence of having successfully passed the…