Associate Staff Scientist

Location: Hazelwood

Description

Job Posting:
Associate Staff Scientist

Department: R&D Microbiology

Position Summary

Contributes, with technical and scientific expertise to the design and development of high-quality products on time, within budget, and with a high degree of customer satisfaction. Acts as a team leader for new product development or current product improvement projects.

Primary Duties

* Collaborate closely with the software, hardware development and system engineering teams.

* Contribute to development of tools for analyzing large performance data sets generated from (AST//molecular) experiments.

* Support biological testing needed for assay development and system verification activities.

* Troubleshoot technical issues that may arise in the (AST//Molecular Biology) tests/system, record and report these issues cross-functionally, and provide suggestions and resolutions for improvement.

* Perform experiments in the lab according to good lab practice.

* Collaborate with other scientists and managers to optimize testing protocols and workflows within the lab.

* Maintain accurate records of experiments and results, write work instructions (WIs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), protocols, reports, process flows etc...

* Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, ISO) and comply with biohazard safety standards.

* Participate in product risk assessment, technical design reviews and critically evaluate design and implementation plans.

* Summarize findings and present results to cross-functional teams.

* Mentor and train new and existing team members and be a technical advisor for data analysis problems.

* Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.

* Perform other duties as assigned.