Research Associate - R&D

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

This role will be responsible for assisting with experimental design, performing experiments and analyzing data to support new product and service development and associated support functions related to Research and Development within Microbial Solutions.

• Plan and conduct experiments in a timely and efficient manner in the R&D department related to Microbial Solutions products and services.
• Conduct data review, analysis and prepare summaries related to R&D experiments. Ensure attention to detail in record keeping and result verification.
• Present experimental results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Use scientific literature to plan and troubleshoot R&D projects.
• Support R&D efforts in responding to customer, QA, Operations and field-support questions.
• Maintain productive relationships with internal and external collaborators, and customers.
• Maintain freezer stocks of microbial isolates of all assigned projects.
• Provide routine maintenance, repair and cleaning of all laboratory equipment.
• Purchase and stock laboratory supplies.
• Comply with all aspects of laboratory safety, safety stations, safety manuals, safety SOPs and MSDS sheets.
• Assist in the development and review of controlled documents such as Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and Specifications.
• Assist with laboratory training of junior and/or new R&D staff.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent in Microbiology or Molecular biology or related scientific field.
• Experience:
  
  at least 0 to 3 years industry experience required in related field.
• A technical understanding of microbiology and molecular biology.
• Knowledge and experience with techniques including aseptic technique, microbial cell cultures, genomic nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) extraction, DNA sequencing, PCR, spectroscopy, and/or mass spectrometry preferred.
• Knowledge of bioinformatics tools, phylogenetic analysis and experimental design is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience with microbial identification technology a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with analyzing experimental data using Microsoft Excel and/or other software.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

The pay range for this position is $65,000 - $70,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, and location.

Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non‑GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug…